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Union Pacific 1722

GM EMD GP15AC diesel-electric locomotive

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Union Pacific 1722 GM EMD GP15AC diesel-electric locomotive running lite in the locomotive yard just east of the Locomotive Maintenance Facility in the Proviso (Melrose Park, Illinois) rail yard.

UP 1722, UP, GM EMD GP15AC, UP locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 4 December 1998 at Proviso locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/11/98a04e28.jpg] NEW 29 December 1999

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UP 1722 was built in November 1982, GM EMD GP15AC, builder number 827016-08, Missouri Pacific 1722, to UP number on 11 December 1992. Not equipped with dynamic braking. [courtesy of Union Pacific Locomotive Directory, Don Strack, Withers Publishing, ISBN 1-881411-16-8, 1998]

UP 1722: yard switcher, EMD GP15-1, 1,500 hp. [courtesy of Roster of UPRR Locomotive Ownership, January 1, 1999.]

Equipment characteristics of UP 1722: AAR car type D112 (locomotive), external dimensions (length 54' 11", width 10' 4", height 15' 0"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, December 1999]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 19 April 2024 at 21:11. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.