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Single digit U-Boat
Title:  Single digit U-Boat
Description:  MP U30C number 7 is the trailing unit on a WB freight entering El Paso in May 1973 behind a quartet of SD40s (704, 744, 729, 705). It was the first unit of MP's second order for U30Cs and delivered as MP 966 in 1969. Like the rest of the class it number continued to change, becoming MP 3306 and MP 2971 before retirement in 1984.
Photo Date:  5/26/1973  Upload Date: 10/1/2013 4:05:30 PM
Location:  El Paso, TX
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 7(U30C)
Views:  1690   Comments: 0
MP-TP 11
Title:  MP-TP 11
Description:  U-Boat
Photo Date:  1/1/1960  Upload Date: 4/17/2008 7:40:18 PM
Location:  Hoisington, KS
Author:  Lee Berglund
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MP 11(U30C)
Views:  1822   Comments: 2
MP Locomotive Fleet Profile promotional poster
Title:  MP Locomotive Fleet Profile promotional poster
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1979  Upload Date: 3/14/2011 9:13:01 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3170(SD40-2) MP 26(U30C) MP 2295(B23-7) MP 2125(GP38-2) MP 647(GP35) MP 1919(GP18) MP 1573(GP15-1) MP 1840(GP9)
Views:  1950   Comments: 0
Missouri Pacific #27
Title:  Missouri Pacific #27
Description:  MP #27, a U30C (is that right?) looks to be sitting fresh out of the GE shops up in Erie, Pa. The date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/15/1973  Upload Date: 8/19/2010 3:23:45 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 27(U30C)
Views:  1694   Comments: 4
MP 961
Title:  MP 961
Description:  A pair of Mopac U30Cs run cab lite, headed down to Dupo to pick up a train. MP 961 was later MP 2966. Date mf photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 12:52:09 PM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 961(U30C)
Views:  1561   Comments: 0
MP 980 (U30C)
Title:  MP 980 (U30C)
Description:  MP 980 - a U30C at Hoisington, Kansas, 8/72. - Lee Berglund photo/T. Greuter collection
Photo Date:  8/1/1972  Upload Date: 6/7/2008 12:13:42 PM
Location:  Hoisington, KS
Author:  Lee Berglund
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 980(U30C)
Views:  1196   Comments: 0
MP 2965
Title:  MP 2965
Description:  Solid GE lash-up on this northbound just north of Gorham on what is now UP's Chester sub. Between 1973 and 1978, MP 2965 was MP 1, later MP 3300. Retired by UP 5/85 and traded in to GE. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/1/2009 9:28:56 PM
Location:  Jacob, IL
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2965(U30C)
Views:  1497   Comments: 2
MP 2967
Title:  MP 2967
Description:  Sequence shot 1 of 3.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 7/16/2008 3:44:17 PM
Location:  Lees Summit, MO
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2967(U30C)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
MP 2967
Title:  MP 2967
Description:  Sequence shot 2 of 3.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 7/16/2008 3:45:04 PM
Location:  Lees Summit, MO
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2967(U30C)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
MP 2967
Title:  MP 2967
Description:  Sequence shot 3 of 3.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 7/16/2008 3:45:30 PM
Location:  Lees Summit, MO
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2967(U30C)
Views:  921   Comments: 1
MP 6062
Title:  MP 6062
Description:  Engine service track in the Dupo yard, Summer 1981.
Photo Date:  7/30/1981  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 10:58:51 PM
Location:  Dupo, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 6062(SD40-2) MP 3260(SD40-2) MP 2968(U30C)
Views:  1098   Comments: 0
MP 2969
Title:  MP 2969
Description:  This big U-boat is wearing the last of its four road numbers. It had previously been the 964, 5, and 3304.
Photo Date:  12/28/1980  Upload Date: 2/13/2009 8:24:56 PM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2969(U30C)
Views:  1008   Comments: 1
MP 2970
Title:  MP 2970
Description:  Mopac 2970 was ex-MP 3305, exx-MP 6, nee-MP 965. She was retired 5/24/85, traded in to GE, and rebuilt at GE Cleveland with remote control and a Caterpillar engine, and sold to Enterprise Coal Co., Robinson Creek, KY. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  11/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/23/2009 9:40:03 PM
Location:  Maplewood, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2970(U30C)
Views:  1488   Comments: 1
MP U30C 2973
Title:  MP U30C 2973
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/7/1981  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 2:00:16 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2973(U30C)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
MP 2973
Title:  MP 2973
Description:  Some rather tattered U-boats lead a northbound freight through Dupo, IL.
Photo Date:  7/30/1981  Upload Date: 10/7/2011 2:19:43 PM
Location:  Dupo, IL
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2973(U30C) MP 2977(U30C)
Views:  1055   Comments: 0
MP 2974
Title:  MP 2974
Description:  Eastbound Mopac freight crosses the bridge over Hanley Road in Maplewood. MP 2974 was retired by UP 5/84 and used in the construction of AT&SF's Lee Ranch sub and also the Escalante Western (Star Lake Railroad) in New Mexico. Scrapped at Pueblo, CO 6/85. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/1/2009 7:30:54 PM
Location:  Maplewood, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2974(U30C)
Views:  760   Comments: 2
MP 2976
Title:  MP 2976
Description:  date approx, renumbered from MP 3311, EMD cab
Photo Date:  6/10/1979  Upload Date: 3/28/2014 1:05:35 PM
Location:  Jefferson City, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2976(U30C)
Views:  1656   Comments: 0
MP 2977 West
Title:  MP 2977 West
Description:  from a negative, a westbound manifest, Train CSK, as seen from the brakemans seat on the lobal at Pacific. Frisco main to the right.
Photo Date:  9/6/1978  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 9:52:11 AM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2977(U30C)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
MP 2978 W
Title:  MP 2978 W
Description:  Fireman's view from an Amtrak E unit on train #30 of a westbound Labadie coal train waiting at Dozier crossover.
Photo Date:  11/18/1978  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 3:51:03 PM
Location:  Pacific, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories:  Scenic,InCab,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2978(U30C)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
MP 2981
Title:  MP 2981
Description:  Eastbound Mopac freight crosses the bridge over Hanley Road and passes the Maplelawn Village Apartments. My girlfriend lived there, explaining why there are so many photos in this album from this location. MP 2981 was retired by UP 1/87 and scrapped at Pielet Brothers 7/87. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2009 1:37:39 PM
Location:  Maplewood, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2981(U30C)
Views:  968   Comments: 2
MP 3521
Title:  MP 3521
Description:  MP 3521
Photo Date:  10/6/1983  Upload Date: 5/13/2017 2:07:13 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MP 3521(GP50) MP 2981(U30C)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
MP 2982
Title:  MP 2982
Description:  Westbound Labadie coal train at Kirk Junction in Kirkwood. MP 2982 was retired by UP 1/87, scrapped at Pielet Bros. 7/87. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/2/2009 4:12:24 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2982(U30C)
Views:  961   Comments: 2
MP U30C 2983
Title:  MP U30C 2983
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/29/1986  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 2:02:06 PM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2983(U30C) MP 2001(GP28)
Views:  1573   Comments: 0
MP 2985
Title:  MP 2985
Description:  FtW TX MP Diesel shops
Photo Date:  1/2/1988  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 2:24:41 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2985(U30C) MP 1743(GP15AC)
Views:  903   Comments: 0
MP #2986
Title:  MP #2986
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. Setting at the UP yard in K.C., Ks.
Photo Date:  1/1/1988  Upload Date: 2/24/2023 9:58:25 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2986(U30C)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
UP SD40-2 4135
Title:  UP SD40-2 4135
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad SD40-2 4135 at North Little Rock, Arkansas on September 13, 1988, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Left to right: MP U30C 2986, MP MP15DC 1553, UP SD40-2 4182, and UP SD40-2 4135.
Photo Date:  9/13/1988  Upload Date: 6/13/2015 11:58:28 AM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 4135(SD40-2) MP 2986(U30C) MP 1553(MP15DC) UP 4182(SD40-2)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
MP 2987
Title:  MP 2987
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/1979  Upload Date: 12/23/2005 5:55:26 AM
Location:  Cahokia, IL
Author:  Brian Frierdich
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2987(U30C)
Views:  992   Comments: 0
MP 2987
Title:  MP 2987
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/1987  Upload Date: 11/1/2014 6:56:21 PM
Location:  Villa Grove, IL
Author:  Larry Behl
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2987(U30C)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
MKT 242 (GP40-2) Green with Yellow Stripes & MP 2987 (U30C)
Title:  MKT 242 (GP40-2) Green with Yellow Stripes & MP 2987 (U30C)
Description:  Blt as PC 3122 Aug 1968; Renum CR 3122 in 1976; MKT 242 in 1983; UP 677 Sept 1989; Renum WP 677 May 8, 2001; Sold NRE May 25, 2001
Photo Date:  6/5/1987  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 7:23:46 PM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Richard Sprouse
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MKT 242(GP40) MP 2987(U30C)
Views:  1532   Comments: 0
MP 2987
Title:  MP 2987
Description:  FtW TX MP Diesel shops
Photo Date:  1/2/1988  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 2:24:44 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2987(U30C) MP 4602(B23-7)
Views:  869   Comments: 0
MP #2987
Title:  MP #2987
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. At the UP engine terminal in K.C., Ks.
Photo Date:  5/22/1988  Upload Date: 5/22/2025 7:18:10 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2987(U30C)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
MP 2987
Title:  MP 2987
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/1989  Upload Date: 11/3/2007 9:09:48 PM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2987(U30C) UP S27(Yard Slug)
Views:  1995   Comments: 0
MP 2988
Title:  MP 2988
Description:  Northbound Mopac manifest at Rockview. MP 2988 would be retired 3/88 and traded in to GE 6/88. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/28/2009 7:27:15 PM
Location:  Rockview, MO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2988(U30C)
Views:  796   Comments: 2
MP 2988
Title:  MP 2988
Description:  FtW TX MP Diesel shops
Photo Date:  2/15/1988  Upload Date: 4/9/2011 2:24:47 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  B Murray
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 2988(U30C)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
MP 3121 2989 3124 is east bound,
Title:  MP 3121 2989 3124 is east bound,
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/1984  Upload Date: 2/13/2007 7:53:32 AM
Location:  Scott City, MO
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3121(SD40-2) MP 2989(U30C) MP 3124(SD40-2)
Views:  1323   Comments: 1
MP #2989
Title:  MP #2989
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. At UP's Neff yard in K.C., Mo.
Photo Date:  10/9/1988  Upload Date: 5/22/2025 7:19:11 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2989(U30C)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
MP 2989 and 3030
Title:  MP 2989 and 3030
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/1989  Upload Date: 11/3/2007 9:09:49 PM
Location:  North Little Rock, AR
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2989(U30C) MP 3030(SD40)
Views:  1466   Comments: 2
MP 2991
Title:  MP 2991
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/25/1988  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 9:35:34 PM
Location:  Fort Worth (Ney Yard, TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2991(U30C)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
MP #2991
Title:  MP #2991
Description:  Scanned from a print I took. On a train entering UP Neff yard.
Photo Date:  11/15/1988  Upload Date: 2/24/2023 10:01:02 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2991(U30C)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
MP 2990
Title:  MP 2990
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/25/1988  Upload Date: 1/26/2013 9:34:53 PM
Location:  Fort Worth (Ney Yard, TX
Author:  Bob Carter
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 2992(U30C)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
MP U30C 2992
Title:  MP U30C 2992
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/1988  Upload Date: 11/5/2011 1:55:57 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2992(U30C)
Views:  450   Comments: 0
MP #2993
Title:  MP #2993
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Westbound MOP train at the east end of the UP yard in K.C., Ks.
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 5/22/2025 7:20:18 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MP 2993(U30C)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
MP 2993
Title:  MP 2993
Description:  Labadie coal train at Valley Jct.
Photo Date:  5/29/1983  Upload Date: 12/20/2013 12:24:06 PM
Location:  East St. Louis, IL
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2993(U30C)
Views:  717   Comments: 0
MP 2994
Title:  MP 2994
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/1980  Upload Date: 12/23/2005 5:58:50 AM
Location:  Cahokia, IL
Author:  Brian Frierdich
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2994(U30C)
Views:  923   Comments: 0
MP 2995 West
Title:  MP 2995 West
Description:  A Labadie coal train struggles up Kirkwood Hill, 4 U30C's were common on the Labadie coal trains
Photo Date:  11/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/20/2013 12:24:07 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MP 2995(U30C)
Views:  867   Comments: 0
MP 2996
Title:  MP 2996
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1980  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 3:50:56 PM
Location:  Delta, MO
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2996(U30C)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
MoPac 3117, 3029, and 2996 Northbound
Title:  MoPac 3117, 3029, and 2996 Northbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1984  Upload Date: 12/17/2009 11:40:17 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Tom Golden
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 3117(SD40-2) MP 3029(SD40) MP 2996(U30C)
Views:  1057   Comments: 0
U 30C 2999
Title:  U 30C 2999
Description:  U 30C 2999 Stored April 1983
Photo Date:  4/1/1983  Upload Date: 9/30/2004 7:37:30 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Keith Belk
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2999(U30C)
Views:  1151   Comments: 1
MP 2999
Title:  MP 2999
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/1984  Upload Date: 2/10/2008 2:50:32 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 2999(U30C)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
MP 3301 West
Title:  MP 3301 West
Description:  from a negative, 9000 horsepower move a loaded ballast across the Meramec River, mile post 26
Photo Date:  7/7/1977  Upload Date: 1/12/2014 7:15:33 PM
Location:  Eureka, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  MP 3301(U30C)
Views:  702   Comments: 2

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