| Owner: | Union Pacific | Number: | UPY 2655 |
| Built: | June 2007 | Serial Number: | |
| Genset History: | UPY 2655 (2007-present) | Converted at: | Super Steel, Glenville, NY |
| Donor Unit: | Union Pacific (UP) 209 (GE B30-7A) | Built: | Nov. 1981 |
| Build No.: | 43744 | Frame No.: | |
| Unit History: | Missouri Pacific (MP) 4809 | ||
| UP 209 (Merger, ret. for rbld in March '05) |
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| Notes: | |
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UP's first group of RP20BD locomoitves was built on the frames of retired B30-7 and B30-7A units, and are classed by UP as RP20GE. From photographic evidence. |
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UP's order for 80 RP20BD models and 18 RP20BH locomotives is funded by TERP. The units are to be depoloyed in San Antonio (9 units), Houston (43 units) and Fort Worth (46 units). From a Railpower press release and the release of a Union Pacific presentation on Genset switchers in Sacramento, CA July, 2006. |
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Previous unit numbers and histories supplied by Railpower, with histories from Don Strack's Modern Era UP Roster. |
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UPY 2655 in Fort Worth, TX. Photo by Mike Murray. July 4, 2007. Click to enlarge. |
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UPY 2655 in Fort Worth, TX. Photo by Mike Murray. July 7, 2007. Click to enlarge. |
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Charles Biel caught the 2616, 2655 and another RP20BD working a transfer job through Arlington, TX. Sept. 20, 2007. Click to enlarge.
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Additional photos welcomed and encouraged.
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