Here is UP 6915 sitting on display at the Pomona Fairgrounds RailGiants Museum. Rear of one of the Largest Diesels ever built.

[14] [15] Union Pacific was agitated by the use of No. 6915 in the video, since an estimated 529 trespassers had been run over and killed by American trains throughout the previous year. [14] In April 1995, the railroad successfully sued the video's producers, MTV , Sony Music , and Satellite Films, for copyright infringement.

Union Pacific No. 6915 is a DDA40X type diesel locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) in October 1969 for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). It is one of 47 of these diesels built exclusively for the UP between 1969 and 1971. It was used in regular freight service with the UP until it was officially retired from service in the late 1970s.

Centennials are fast-freight locomotives powered by two diesel engines, and are designated the DDA40X locomotive type. Centennial locomotive number 6915 was built in October 1969 and was retired in 1984 having traveled over 950,000 miles. No. 6915 is one of 47 Centennials constructed, and is one of 14 Centennials existing today.

2024年11月18日 · Union Pacific's Centennial locomotives were the largest railroad locomotive in the world. These distinctive giants dominated the railroad's western mainlines from 1970 through early 1980, and were seen on all of the railroad's most important trains.

Union Pacific Number 6915 is a DDA40X Centennial class loco-motive, which is the largest and most powerful diesel locomotive class built. Locomotives in this class were custom built for Union Pacific Railroad between 1969 and 1971, and were called Cen-tennials in honor of the 100th an-niversary of driving “the last spike”

UP 6915 : UP 6915 on static display. The other two engines are displayed on tracks very close by (4014 not visible in this photo). Date: 6/12/2010 Location: Pomona, CA Views: 3040 Collection Of: Paul Ginochio Locomotives: UP 6915(DDA40X) UP 9000(4-12-2) UP 4014(4-8-8-4) Author: Paul Ginochio Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam,Track

At 30 meters the DDA40X is the longest diesl locomotive that has ever been built.

2025年3月1日 · up 6915 Description: UP #6915 is the lead unit on an EB coal train that is preparing to depart Winifred, KS, after being put on the siding to allow UP #844 to pass.