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Show U. P. Places Record Breaking Locomotive Order Placement of the largest single diesel locomotive order ever given gi-ven one firm by a railroad was announced today by the Union Pacific Railroad. The order is for 205 units, at a total cost of $35,769,410. Upon completion of delivery of the locomotives, expected to be by June 1, 1954, the railroad's main line between Omaha and the Pacific Coast will be completely com-pletely dieselized, for through traffic, said President Arthur E. Stoddard, who made the announcement. an-nouncement. The order, placed with the Electro-Motive Division of General Gen-eral Motors Corp., comprises 190 freight and 15 passenger locomotive locomo-tive units, Stoddard said. The freight locomotives alone represent a total horsepower of 332,500 and theoretically are capable cap-able of pulling a 60 mile long train of 6.270 cars. First deliveries of the new locomotives lo-comotives will begin shortly after Jan. 1, with a total of 40 scheduled sched-uled to be placed In service during dur-ing the month. |