Past Additions -- 1999

Union Pacific and other locomotives and even a few freight cars from Fall of 1998.

Union Pacific 1717 GM EMD GP15AC diesel-electric locomotive in the Proviso rail yard near the Berkeley station. UP 1717, UP, GM EMD GP15AC, UP locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 20 September 1998 at Berkeley station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/09/98920p08.jpg] NEW 17 December 1999 This image size is ( 600 x 300; 47 KB ).

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UP 1717 was built in November 1982, GM EMD GP15AC, builder number 827016-03, Missouri Pacific 1717, to UP number on 9 Juanuary 1986. Not equipped with dynamic braking. [courtesy of Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-16-8, 1998]

UP 1717: yard switcher, EMD GP15-1, 1,500 hp. [courtesy of Roster of UPRR Locomotive Ownership, January 1, 1999.]

Equipment characteristics of UP 1717: AAR car type D112 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 54' 11", width 10' 4", height 15' 0"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, December 1999]

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