| Owner: | Union Pacific | Number: | UPY 2663 |
| Built: | June 2007 | Serial Number: | 2RPBDB20264000120 |
| Genset History: | UPY 2663 (2007-present) | Converted at: | Super Steel, Glenville, NY |
| Donor Unit: | Southern Pacific (SP) 5110 (GE B23-7) | Built: | June 1980 |
| Build No.: | 42989 | Frame No.: | |
| Unit History: | SP 5110 (UP merge, ret. prior to re#) |
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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. SP 5110 was supposed to be renumbered UP 194, but was retired in July 2007 prior to being renumbered. |
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UPY 2663, 2664 and 2662 in Willard, OH on CSX on thier way UP in Texas. Photo by Tom Boylan. June 2007. Click to enlarge.
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