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1/25/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:GE 8500 GTELBuilt As:UP 18 (8500 GTEL)
Serial Number:34069Order No:
Frame Number:Built:8/1960
Notes:Blt 08/60, retired 02/70, to IRM in 1992
Other locos with this serial:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
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Fresh Paint and Decal on the Nose
Title:  Fresh Paint and Decal on the Nose
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/2015  Upload Date: 7/19/2015 4:22:21 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Twilight Turbine
Title:  Twilight Turbine
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 7:04:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2016  Upload Date: 4/21/2016 5:50:05 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description:  UP 18 on dosplay at the IRM
Photo Date:  9/14/2016  Upload Date: 11/7/2016 10:48:37 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  David Balko
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  139   Comments: 2
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description:  UP 18 on display at the IRM
Photo Date:  9/14/2016  Upload Date: 11/7/2016 10:48:41 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  David Balko
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description:  UP GTEL 18 at IRM. The 18 was in service on UP for a mere 9-1/2 years, retired 2/70.
Photo Date:  9/17/2016  Upload Date: 9/18/2016 10:57:59 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Jeff Van Cleve
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/22/2017  Upload Date: 7/24/2017 3:25:46 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
8,500 horsepower Night Light
Title:  8,500 horsepower Night Light
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/2017  Upload Date: 9/4/2017 3:49:42 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Illuminated Turbine
Title:  Illuminated Turbine
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2017  Upload Date: 9/17/2017 4:55:07 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/2018  Upload Date: 5/27/2018 1:37:44 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
Yard 5
Title:  Yard 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/2018  Upload Date: 5/27/2018 1:44:54 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 9933(RDC1) ATSF 543(H-12-44TS) UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 18
Title:  Union Pacific 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/2018  Upload Date: 8/15/2019 9:41:13 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Joseph C.
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Who planted that #$^&*!!! pole here?
Title:  Who planted that #$^&*!!! pole here?
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 12:13:26 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
The size is astounding
Title:  The size is astounding
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 9/29/2018 12:11:56 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/23/2021  Upload Date: 4/10/2021 1:55:06 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2021  Upload Date: 4/10/2021 2:11:49 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Turbine 18
Title:  Turbine 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/3/2021  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 4:43:58 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description:  Maybe this will be the next thing the UP Buys and restores..
Photo Date:  6/26/2021  Upload Date: 7/15/2021 2:44:49 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nathan Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 10/17/2021 3:41:11 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 10/18/2021 2:43:09 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 9/23/2021 7:22:34 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Yard 5 along Depot Street
Title:  Yard 5 along Depot Street
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 3:25:12 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 9933(RDC1) ATSF 543(H-12-44TS) UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Turbine
Title:  Turbine
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 5:45:08 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
UP GTEL 18
Title:  UP GTEL 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/24/2022 11:09:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
UP 18 Fuel Tender
Title:  UP 18 Fuel Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/2022  Upload Date: 6/24/2022 11:20:43 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description:  UP 18
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/1/2022 8:35:47 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Robert Tennyson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2022  Upload Date: 11/19/2022 6:01:00 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
UP 18, the gigantic gas turbine-electric set, on display
Title:  UP 18, the gigantic gas turbine-electric set, on display
Description:  These monstrous 8,500 HP two-unit sets, with twelve powered axles (plus fuel tender) fit right in with UP's penchant for Brobdingnagian motive power exemplified by the Big Boy, EMD DDA40X, and others. It is one of two preserved (the other is No. 26 in Utah) out of a class of 30 built. They had relatively short careers from 1955-December 1969, issues with fuel economy (the Bunker C oil they burned initially being significantly cheaper than diesel lost that advantage) and wear and tear on the turbine blades; as well as improvements in diesel-electric power rendered them obsolete.
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 3:21:58 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
"UP" close with a wide angle lens
Title:  "UP" close with a wide angle lens
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 3:22:37 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Right in the face of UP 18
Title:  Right in the face of UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2022  Upload Date: 8/16/2022 3:22:54 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/31/2023  Upload Date: 6/13/2023 3:57:32 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
MILW 992300
Title:  MILW 992300
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/20/2023  Upload Date: 4/9/2024 9:00:11 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
UP 18 and UP 18B
Title:  UP 18 and UP 18B
Description:  UP 18 and UP 18B at IRM.
Photo Date:  7/7/2023  Upload Date: 8/19/2023 3:47:49 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Mikey Paulsen
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL) UP 18B(8500 GTEL)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/2023  Upload Date: 8/16/2023 12:13:16 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 18
Title:  Union Pacific 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/2023  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 1:47:11 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2024  Upload Date: 8/5/2024 1:07:42 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
UP 18
Title:  UP 18
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/2024  Upload Date: 12/20/2024 3:39:36 PM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Blaise Lambert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  20   Comments: 0
Union Pacific #18
Title:  Union Pacific #18
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/2024  Upload Date: 12/19/2024 2:23:27 AM
Location:  Union, IL
Author:  Tim Fennell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 18(8500 GTEL)
Views:  43   Comments: 0


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