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Union Pacific GG20B UPY 2313

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UPY 2312

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UPY 2313

Built: Sept., 2006 Serial Number: 1RPGGB20465000061
Hybrid History: UPY 2313 (2006-present) Converted at: CAD Rail, Lachine, Quebec
       
Donor Unit: CSXT 3127 (B23-7) Built: 1978
Build No.: 41737? Frame No.:  
Unit History: ex-Louisville & Nashville (L&N) 5127?    

 

 
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 in Montreal, Quebec on Aug. 24, 2006. Working in UP's Proviso Yard as of early Sept., 2006.
F
Previous unit history from Don Strack's Modern Era UP Roster (http://utahrails.net/all-time/modern-index.php) and the Sept. issue of Candian Railway Observations, with extra information (build number and L&N number) filled in by extrapolating data on the Railroad Picture Archives CSX roster (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/) NOTE THAT UNIT DATA IS UNCONFIRMED.
   
Photos:  
Photo 5
UPY 2313 at Proviso. Photo by Rob Schreiner. Sept., 2006. Click to enlarge.
Photo 5
Cab of UPY 2313 at Proviso, IL. Photo by Ken Larson. Sept., 2006. Click to enlarge.
Photo 5

UPY 2312 and 2313 working in Proviso Yard, IL. Photo by Rob Schreiner. Sept., 2006. Click to enlarge.

Photo 5

Another terrible Jody photo, this one of UPY 2313 at Los Nietos, CA, as seen out the very dirty window of a northbound Surfliner into the setting sun. Photo by Jody Moore. Jan., 2007. Click to enlarge.

Photo 5
UPY 2313 in Montreal, Quebec. Photo by Eric Aucoin. Aug. 24, 2006. (Click to enlarge.)
Photo 5
UPY 2313 in Montreal, Quebec. Photo by Eric Aucoin. Aug. 24, 2006. (Click to enlarge.)
Photo 5
UPY 2313 in Anaheim, CA. Photo by Craig Walker. Aug. 24, 2006. (Click to enlarge.)
Photo 5
UPY 2313 wyed and ready for service in Anaheim. Photo by Matt Brown. Aug. 24, 2006. (Click to enlarge.)
Photo 5
UPY 2313 in Anaheim. Photo by Matt Brown. Aug. 24, 2006. (Click to enlarge.)
UPY 2314
UPY 2313 and 2314 at Anaheim, CA. Dec. 2006. Photo by Craig Walker. Click to enlarge.
UPY 2314
UPY 2314 and 2313 bracket an RCL sled in Anaheim, CA. Dec. 2006. Photo by Matt Brown. Click to enlarge.
UPY 2314
UPY 2314 and 2313 bracket an RCL sled in Anaheim, CA. Dec. 2006. Photo by Matt Brown. Click to enlarge.
UPY 2314
Conductor's view from the cab of UPY 2313 at Proviso, IL. Photo by Ken Larson. Sept., 2006. Click to enlarge.
UPY 2314
Looking out the back window of the cab of UPY 2313 at Proviso, IL. Photo by Ken Larson. Sept., 2006. Click to enlarge.

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