Union Pacific "8444"
From 1962–1989, the locomotive was numbered UP 8444 due to a conflict with the railroad's numbering plan for the EMD GP30 locomotives that UP owned at the time. After the conflicting GP30 was retired from service in June 1989, 8444 was renumbered back to 844. Interestingly, the GP30 is preserved and operable and there is now an EMD SD70ACe in UP's roster numbered 8444.
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