Union Pacific #Y126

Glen_Ellyn · January 23, 2005, 6:15pm

What company did the Union Pacific but that from, and what type of locomttive is that?

oskar · January 23, 2005, 6:36pm

the unit type is a GP15 I don’t understand the rest

kevin

ericsp · January 23, 2005, 8:16pm

It cannot find it on UP’s 01/01/2004 roster.
http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/locorost2004.shtml

Anonymous · January 24, 2005, 2:20am

Its a B23-7 from the MP merger.

Try this site: http://www.online-isp.com/~rcraig/UP.HTML

Jim - Lawton, NV

ericsp · January 24, 2005, 2:34am

That is UP 126. According to that site, UPY 126 is a CCRCL converted from a B23-7.

Anonymous · January 24, 2005, 3:36am

Yup, BTW good roster isn’t it. Better than UPRRs

Glen_Ellyn · January 24, 2005, 3:25pm

Thanks for telling me about the enigine type. What I am trying to say is, what company did the Union Pacific but that engine from?

Glen_Ellyn · January 24, 2005, 3:28pm

I went to your link, but didn’t find it.

CSSHEGEWISCH · January 25, 2005, 10:07am

According to http://www.trainweb.org/utahrails/up/3iupr.html UPY 126 was converted from SP 7856 (B30-7) on 9/23/03

Anonymous · January 25, 2005, 1:38pm

I did a google search with “UPY 126” and the first return was that page. Great resource. Thanks.

Jim - Lawton, NV

Anonymous · January 27, 2005, 5:21pm

i saw the same type of number on a GP-15 while it was sitting in Troy Grove, IL a while back…Y729 or something similar. what’s the Y stand for?! lol

M636C · January 27, 2005, 5:30pm

Y=Yard

This is a separate number series for switchers and related units

Peter

CSSHEGEWISCH · January 28, 2005, 7:04am

Union Pacific established the UPY reporting mark during the general renumbering occasioned by the order of 1000 (since enlarged) SD70M’s a few years back. They chose to establi***he UPY series for switchers, hump pushers, slugs, etc. rather than go to five-digit numbers.

Gluefinger · February 2, 2005, 5:37pm

UP bought it when they merged MP; they just painted it grey so everyone knows its a RCCL engine