Re: UP 2669 Gen Set

[Bill Lohman <844bill@gmail.com>]

Excellent!!

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:52 PM, <dwayneg57@aol.com> wrote:

Did a google on UP 2669 Gen Set and this is what popped up.

 

Owner:	Union Pacific	Number:	UPY 2669
Built:	June 2007	Serial Number:	2RPBDB20864000126
Genset History:	UPY 2669 (2007-present)	Converted at:	Super Steel, Glenville, NY
Donor Unit:	Union Pacific (UP) 146 (GE B23-7)	Built:	Dec. 1979
Build No.:	42696	Frame No.:
Unit History:	Missouri Pacific (MP) 2335
	MP 4646 (Renumbered)
	UP 146 (Merger, ret. for rbld in May '04)

Notes:
A	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.
B	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.
C	Previous unit numbers and histories supplied by Railpower, with histories from Don Strack's Modern Era UP