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UPY 417 EMD PS6B |
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North Platt, Nebraska, June 18, 2022, 11:27 a.m. UPY 417: EMD PS6B. Built February 1974 as EMD SD40-2 CEI (Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad) 3141. Rebuilt as slug for mother locomotive UPY 317. The engine, radiator, alternator, and air compressor have been removed. The fuel tanks have been filled with concrete to add ballast weight to the locomotive. Power for the driving axle traction motors and compressed air for the train brakes are produced by the mother unit UPY 317. Used for yard switching. The locomotive has all its cab controls and can by operated by the engineer as the lead locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2022 Upload Date: 8/29/2022 6:25:22 AM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 417(S6-1B) |
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| Title: |
UPY 317 417 mother slug set |
| Description: |
North Platt, Nebraska, June 18, 2022, 11:26 a.m. UPY 317 and UPY 417 mother-slug set, used for yard switching. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2022 Upload Date: 8/29/2022 5:01:00 AM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 317(SD40N) UPY 417(S6-1B) |
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| Title: |
Locomotives at work |
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North Platt, Nebraska, June 18, 2022, 11:36 a.m. Locomotives at work: Mother-slug set UPY 328 and UPY 428 are pulling a freight car east through Bailey Yard. Mother UPY 328 was built as an SD40-2 in September 1978. Slug UPY 428 is a former Electromotive Diesel SD38-2 built in December 1973. The engine, alternator, and compressor have been removed, and the fuel tanks have been removed and filled with concrete to add tractive adhesion to the driving wheels. Electrical power for the driving wheels and air pressure for the brakes are provided by the mother UPY 328. Slug UPY 428 still has all its functional controls, and the train engineer can use it as the lead locomotive at the front of a train. UP 3998 was built by Electromotive Diesel in August 1994 as Southern Pacific Railroad SP 9823. |
| Photo Date: |
6/18/2022 Upload Date: 8/29/2022 6:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
North Platte, NE |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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| Locomotives: |
UPY 428(S6-1B) UPY 328(SD40N) UP 3998(SD70M) |
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430 Comments: 0 |
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