| Owner: | Union Pacific | Number: | 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 |
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| Notes: | |
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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UPY 2315 at Proviso, IL. Nov. 2006. Photo by Ken Larson. Click to enlarge.
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UPY 2315 at Proviso, IL. Dec. 2006. Photo by Ken Larson. Click to enlarge.
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