Want to buy a REAL Union Pacific Gen-Set Locomotive?

Will it navigate 42 curves or do I have to go up to 72?  

lol

These obviously aren't out of the Los Angeles area. No graffiti. Interesting that they're surplus/salvage so soon in their lives. Out here in Los Angeles and San Bernardino County, they get a lot of use on the locals.

No box,I’m out!

Brad

Sorry, have to replace all my bridges! LOL

Those are RP20GE engines, not gensets, rebuilt from M.P. B23-7 G.E.s,  but pretty much the same thing. 

These seem a little bit new to be in the scrap line, did these engines have some kinds of problems (or were they poorly done GE rebuilds) to make UP want to scrap them?

Bill in FtL

It is a shame to see them go at such an early age. I was told the Gensets where very undependable. Its obvious that they look like switchers, but thats all they can do. I was told these cannot be lashed up to a road consist as they would normally fail en route, or was not capable of handeling the load when switching from one engine to another on the frame versus the conventional switcher. They normally were used for industry and yards but would break down often. As eco friendly as they may be, they were fuel hoggers, and the maintenance to keep up to eco standards were expensive. The eco friendly computers would bog down the prime movers. This was another "shop queen" for most railroads. But if you have the money, and you have some light to moderate switching in the industries and rail yards of your railroad, this would be a "good" locomotive for the job. 

Allan Loczy posted:

I was told the Gensets where very undependable. Its obvious that they look like switchers, but thats all they can do. I was told these cannot be lashed up to a road consist as they would normally fail en route, or was not capable of handeling the load when switching from one engine to another on the frame versus the conventional switcher. They normally were used for industry and yards but would break down often. As eco friendly as they may be, they were fuel hoggers, and the maintenance to keep up to eco standards were expensive. The eco friendly computers would bog down the prime movers. This was another "shop queen" for most railroads. 

I was railfanning a very small yard years ago, right after the Gensets came out, a couple of which were sitting in the yard, and happened to talk with a engineer about them. He said they were not good pullers, and he just didn't like them.  I remember he said "Just give me an old Geep any day, " or words to that effect.

breezinup posted:

I was railfanning a very small yard years ago, right after the Gensets came out, a couple of which were sitting in the yard, and happened to talk with a engineer about them. He said they were not good pullers, and he just didn't like them.  I remember he said "Just give me an old Geep any day, " or words to that effect.

"I remember he said "Just give me an old Geep any day, " or words to that effect."

I'm sure there were some more words in there that aren't appropriate for a family magazine!!

"Want to Buy a REAL Union Pacific Gen-Set Locomotive?"

I do, but Mrs. Lionelski  says I can't have it.  She encourages my Lionel hobby and purchases, however