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GP40s on the MoPac
Ex-Rock Island Units

 

A brief summary, and a renumbering roster of the Rock Island GP40s that were Assigned to the MoPac under Union Pacific.
By Jay Glenewinkel


Between 1966 and 1970, Union Pacific financed 85 locomotives for the Rock Island. This included 60-GP40s, 20-U28Bs, and 5 ALCO C415s. Upon the 1980 shutdown of the Rock Island, UP reacquired 76 of these units. 51 of the ex-Rock Island GP40s were assigned and numbered for the Missouri Pacific, and lettered in the MoPac Canary scheme. In a few short years UP began painting out the MoPac lettering on units, and all were repainted and renumbered into the Union Pacific roster. Today, none of the ex-Rock Island units are in service on the UP. Many have been distributed to various lease companies, and others to shortlines.

Rock Island GP40 #367 - was among several GP40s assigned to the Missouri Pacific by Union Pacific. The RI #367 became MP #624. - Jay Glenewinkel Photo Collection

MP GP40 #629 - is one of several former Rock Island GP40s acquired through Union Pacific in the mid-1980s. It is seen here in a lash-up of seven all yellow MoPac units in 1985. - Jay Glenewinkel Photo

 

RI Series MoPac Series UP Series Disposition
341 600 600 Retired
342 601 601 Retired
343 602 602 Retired
344 603 603 Retired
345 604 604 Retired
346 605 605 Retired
347 606 606 Retired
348 607 607 Retired
349 608 608 Retired
350 609 609 Retired
351 610 610 Retired
352 611 611 Retired
353 612 612 Retired
354 613 613 Retired
355 614 614 Retired
356 615 615 Retired
357 616 616 Retired
358 617 617 Retired
359 618 618 Retired
362 619 619 Retired
363 620 620 Retired
364 621 621 Retired
365 622 622 To NRE
366 623 623 Retired
367 624 624 Retired
368 625 625 Retired
369 626 626 Retired
370 627 627 Retired
371 628 628 To NRE,MK Rebuild to SP 7274, to UP 5391
372 629 629 Retired
373 630 630 Retired
4703 631 631 To NRE
4704 632 632 Retired
4705 633 633 Retired
4706 634 634 Retired
4707 635 635 Retired
4708 636 636 Retired
4709 637 637 Retired
4710 638 638 Retired
4711 639 639 Retired
4712 640 640 Retired
4713 641 641 Retired
4714 642 642 Retired
4715 643 643 Retired
4716 644 644 Retired
4717 645 645 Retired
4718 646 646 Retired
4719 647 647 Retired


 

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