- M-10002
The
Union Pacific Railroad 's M-10002 was adiesel-electric streamliner train built in 1936 byPullman-Standard with a prime mover from the Winton engine division of General Motors Corporation andGeneral Electric generator, control equipment andtraction motor s. It was the UP's third streamliner, and the last turret-cab streamliner.It had two power cars, the lead, cab-equipped one fitted with a convert|1200|hp|abbr=on
V16 Winton 201-Adiesel engine and the second equipped with a convert|900|hp|abbr=onV12 Winton 201-A that had been removed from theM-10001 when it was rebuilt. The two power cars were articulated together with aspan bolster , giving them an effectivewheel arrangement of B-B+B-B, but they were not articulated with the train and therefore formed the Union Pacific's first separablediesel locomotive .The train was of nine passenger cars plus the two power cars, making it at eleven cars the longest streamliner trainset yet introduced.
It entered service as the "
City of Los Angeles " onMay 15 ,1936 , the day after the Santa Fe introduced their first non-streamlined diesel-hauled, heavyweight "Super Chief " on their competingChicago, Illinois toLos Angeles, California route.After the introduction of the new
EMD E2 locomotives for the "City of Los Angeles" in December 1937, the train was reassigned to the "City of Portland " to replace the M-10001. In July 1941, the trainset was placed in storage after it was replaced on that route also. It was reactivated in April 1942 to operate a Portland-Seattle connection. It was withdrawn for the second and final time in May 1943, when the passenger cars were removed. The power cars were eventually sold to Northrup-Hendy forgas turbine train testing in December 1946; they went for scrap in 1947.References
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* Strack, Don. (2001) " [http://utahrails.net/up/up-diesel-story-1934-1982-a.php Union Pacific Diesel Story, 1934-1982, Part I] ". Retrieved onDecember 25 ,2004 .
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