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Union Pacific 1977-1980 By George Cockle UP Soft Cover 1980 208 pages
Union Pacific 1977-1980 By George Cockle UP Soft Cover 1980 208 pages
The posture of the Union Pacific Railroad today was established by some broad sweeping instructions first issued in the early 1970's. It has taken almost ten years to implement those executive concepts into reality . . . but they have taken shape through streamlining of the locomotive fleet, improvement of the rolling equipment, restructuring two classification yards to expedite the orderly flow of traffic, capital track and roadbed initiatives including the relaying of miles of continuous welded rail, extending existing centralized traffic control and considering mergers with two adjacent rail systems to provide faster and more efficient service west of the Mississippi River.
While the Union Pacific Railroad is a "people-oriented" operation, one must look to the source for this dynamic strength . . . This book is dedicated to two such operating officials who had the vision and exercised the opportunity to make the Union Pacific Railroad a leader in the transportation field . . . its President, Mr. John C. Kenefick and recently retired Chief Mechanical Officer, Mr. Frank D. Acord.
This presentation has been reduced to outlining one facet of Union Pacific's vitalization schedule in the 1970's .. its motive power. The general direction and manner of achievement was established in the early 1970's, when Mr. Acord was appointed the Chief Mechanical Officer by Mr. Kenefick. The previous CMO, Mr. D. S. Neuhart, had been an advocate of super power to conquer the west.
Some of his behemoths worked, and some didn't fare so well. His idea to mount double engines on a single chassis resulted in the successful DDA4OX "Centennial," and the not-so-successful General Electric U50 versions plus the ALCO C855 set ... all in the high horsepower range. He had a continuing interest in the gas electric turbine locomotives and experimented with the coal burning electric turbine. He tinkered with the lower horsepower units by turbocharging them to higher performance. He was willing to try any proposition to increase motive power performance. Because of this position, the locomotive roster was swollen with 10 of this and 10 of that model purchased to test their capabilities. The experimentation program of Mr. Neuhart is legion, but we only want to introduce the notion that the locomotive roster of the early 1970's was replete with many models and variants.
It was this variety of power that challenged Mr. Acord's management abilities upon his appointment as Chief Mechanical Officer in October 1971. While "pool power" had been in effect during the late 1960's, greater emphasis was placed on "run-throughs" and the implementation of a highly-monitored maintenance schedule to reduce failures or missed schedules. These were initial steps in making maximum use of the wide variety of power. That many of the units were not compatible with other railroads which Union Pacific had "run-through" agreements with became increasingly clear.
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