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| Owner: | Railpower Technologies, Inc. | Number: | RPRX 1700 |
| Built: | Not yet completed | Serial Number: | |
| Hybrid History: | Railpower 1700 (2007-present) | Converted at: | BNSF Topeka, Canada Allied Diesel. |
| Donor Unit: | BNSF 3966 (yard slug) | Built: | Feb. 1954 |
| Build No.: | 19234 | Frame No.: | 5321-B29 |
| Unit History: | UP 158B (GMD GP9B, sold Naporano 1978) | ||
| Santa Fe (ATSF) 125 (yard slug) | |||
| ATSF 1125 (renumbered) | |||
| BNSF 36 (merger) | |||
| BNSF 3966 (stored in 2004) |
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| Notes: | |
A |
RPRX 1700 is an incomplete frame, currently stored at Canada Allied Diesel in Lachine. It was stripped by BNSF in Topeka for conversion to fuel cell, but apparently was shelved in favor of the 1205. It is listed here in part because it was originally slated for fuel cell conversion, and in part because it may still be. From photographic evidence and information from a presentation by the Fuelcell Propulsion Institute (http://www.westcoastdiesel.org/files/meetings/2006-1212/Fuel%20Cell%20Locomotive%20Presentation.pdf) |
B |
RPRX 1700 was converted from BNSF yard slug 3966. That unit was originally an EMD GP9B, built Feb. 1954, b/n 19234, f/n 5321-B29, as UP 158B. After retirement sold to Naporano in 1978, then ATSF in May 1979. Converted to yard slug ATSF 125, later ATSF 1125, then BNSF 36 and 3966. In storage since 2004. From Don Strack’s all-time UP roster (http://utahrails.net/all-time/all-time-02.php#gp9b-130b). |
| Photos: | |
Additional Photos Always Accepted. |
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|KCS 1869, BNSF 1211 and RPRX 1700 at CAD in Lachine, QC. May 2007. Photo by Marc Caya. Click to enlarge. |
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