#6944 Union Pacific

#6944 - Union Pacific

Built - built by General Motors EMD division in La Grange, Illinois in 1971

Nicknamed "Centennials" because they were built around the 100th anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

Engine - two diesel engine prime movers, each rated at 3,300 horsepower

AAR D-D

6,600 total horsepower

One of 46 built, 11 remain

Most powerful single-unit diesel-electric locomotive ever built

Was built to hall heavy freight trains

98 feet long, longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built

Top speed 90 mph

Sent to Altoona in July 2014 for cosmetic restoration, which was completed in May 2015. The locomotive returned to St. Louis in June 2015.

Donated to MOT Septermber 17, 1984 by Union Pacific Railroad