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auto-train Road-switcher locomotive #4002 was a U36B built by GE in November 1971 (builder's number 38033) to specifications of the SCL, auto-train's major "host" railroad. Image: Marty Bernard March 15, 1972 |
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SCL's specifications included Blomberg trucks, which would not otherwise have been fitted. Image: Mary Jayne and John Z. Rowe. February, 1978 |
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The locomotive was geared for passenger service rather than switching. Image: Mary Jayne and John Z. Rowe. February, 1978 |
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These were hardworking locomotives, and it shows. Image: Mary Jayne and John Z. Rowe. February, 1978 |
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Like the other auto-train locomotives, 4002 was eventually scrapped. After its time on the auto-train, the locomotive went into storage at Oelwein, Iowa where it sat awating a buyer that never came. The locomotive was cut up on-site in 1984-85. Image: Mary Jayne and John Z. Rowe. February, 1978 |
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