Can you identify this train?

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pedrop

A Railfan in Brazil
Hi, I found these old UP picture in a virtual files section of Arquivo Publico Mineiro,a library here in Brazil. I am wondering about the locomotives and the locations shown in the pictures. Can someboy identify them?

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Two images are of UP's semi-experimental gas turbine locomotives from the 50s - 60s. They had a reputation for being LOUD.
 
Photo #1: EMD F3/7 freight diesel set, Sherman Hill, Wyoming (?)
Photo #2: ALCO-GE gas turbine engine, Dale Junction (train is west bound coming off the "new" line), Sherman Hill, Wyoming.
Photo #3: EMD E8/9 passenger units, Echo Canyon, Utah (?)
Photo #4: ACO-GE gas turbine engine

Photo #5: EMD E8/9 passenger units, Echo Canyon, Utah (?)
Photo #6: eastbound City of Portland, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
 
Thanks Bill.

Pedro

Photo #1: EMD F3/7 freight diesel set, Sherman Hill, Wyoming (?)
Photo #2: ALCO-GE gas turbine engine, Dale Junction (train is west bound coming off the "new" line), Sherman Hill, Wyoming.
Photo #3: EMD E8/9 passenger units, Echo Canyon, Utah (?)
Photo #4: ACO-GE gas turbine engine

Photo #5: EMD E8/9 passenger units, Echo Canyon, Utah (?)
Photo #6: eastbound City of Portland, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
 


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