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Show U. P. Adds to Fleet Of Diesel Locomotives Omaha, Neb. Feb. 10 Thirty-five Thirty-five diesel units will be added to the growing fleet of diesel locomotives by Union Pacific Railroad with delivery scheduled this year on an order just placed with Electro Motive division of General Motors. Totaling $4,875,. 000, the order includes ten passenger pas-senger power units and twenty, five terminal switchers, A. E. Stoddard, president, announced. Designated type E-8, the new passenger power units are the most powerful delevoped, producing pro-ducing 2250 HP each. Five of the units will be cab units containing contain-ing the engineer's" cab and controls con-trols and the remaining five will be booster units. These booster units will be operated in conjunction con-junction with the cab units to produce five 4500 dieselelectric locomotives. |