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Union Pacific GG20B UPY 2315

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UPY 2315

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UPY 2315

Built: Oct., 2006 Serial Number: 1RPGGB20665000062
Hybrid History: UPY 2315 (2006-present) Converted at: CAD Rail, Lachine, Quebec
       
Donor Unit: Norfolk Southern (NS) 3981 (GE B23-7) Built: Jan., 1979
Build No.: 41990 Frame No.:  
Unit History: Southern (SOU) 3981    

 

 
Notes:  
A

UP 2310-2319 were the first large order for Railpower to be built without government funding. They were built using retired B30-7 and B30-7A units, and are classed by UP as GG20GE. From various sources.

B

Units 2310-2319 intended for service in California. From UP press release, August 15, 2005. (http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/environment/2005/0815_ggoat.shtml)

C

Units 2312-2315 built at CAD Rail in Lachine, Quebec. The pool of units for conversion to UPY 2310-2319 is: UP 7774, 7781, 7786, 7812 and 262 (all GE B30-7) and UP 209, 211, 222, 239 and 257 (all GE B30-7A). From the Bytown Railway Society "Branchline", April 2006 issue, page 27.

D
Reported in Canadian Railway Observations May, 2006 edition that these units are going to be RP20BD, not GG20B, and that their numbers are unknown. This information appears to be incorrect.
E
Spotted on a Chicago-bound CP train in mid-Nov., 2006. Expected to spend its break-in perioud in UP's Proviso Yard. From Loconotes and Trainorders.com
F
Previous unit number and history provided by LocoNotes user Al Gorney, along with the comment that NS 3981 was cut down at RMDI, and was one of over a dozen GE Dash 7 locomotives cut down at Pittston, PA and Utica, NY for the program. Actual unit number is not confirmed, but the previous unit number is 3981, according to a blue card check.
   
Photos:  
UPY 2315
UPY 2315 at Proviso, IL. Nov. 2006. Photo by Ken Larson. Click to enlarge.
UPY 2315
UPY 2315 at Proviso, IL. Dec. 2006. Photo by Ken Larson. Click to enlarge.
 
Additional photos welcomed and appreciated.

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