GE U25BE
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The GE U25BE is a rebuild from two GE U25B locomotives and they were rebuilt by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
In 1975, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company decided to rebuild two units (#6708 (ex-SP 7508) and 6724 (ex-SP 7524)) into two of their own GE U25BE locomotives and they numbered them as #6800 and #6801, both units were rebuilt by the Southern Pacific’s own Sacramento Shops.[1][2] The rebuilds had included some updated electrical systems which is what lead them to being renumbered as 6800-6801 (later 3100-3101) and being designated as the U25BE.[1][2][4]
SP U25BE #6800 was first painted in the Southern Pacific's Bicentennial paint scheme to celebrate the Bicentennial, then later repainted into the Southern Pacific's "Bloody Nose" paint scheme.[1][2]
Both units had served well on the Southern Pacific Transportation Company until being retired in 1987.[1][2] #3101 was later stored in Aurant, California but was repeatedly vandalized and was deemed a total loss and scrapped.[1][2]
Preservation[edit]
Southern Pacific U25BE #3100 (formerly Southern Pacific U25B #7508, #6708 and #6800)[5] has survived into preservation and is currently operational at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California since its donation to the museum in 1988.[2][6][7][3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Model Railroad Craftsman: Volume 56 - July 1987. Carstens Pub. 1987. p. 74. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Shippen & Shine (1999), p. 24
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Former SP "Snowflake"". Railfan & Railroad. Carstens Publications. 7: 30. 1988 – via Google Books.
- ↑ McDonald & Drury (1982), p. 103-104
- ↑ Solomon, Biran (2014). GE and EMD Locomotives: The Illustrated History. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7603-4612-9. Search this book on
- ↑ "Collections: Southern Pacific". Orange Empire Railway Museum. 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ Pacific Rail News - Issues 290-301. Interurbans Publications. 1988. p. 42. ISBN 9780916374648. Search this book on
Further reading[edit]
- McDonald, Charles W.; Drury, George H. (1982). Diesel Locomotive Rosters: United States, Canada, Mexico. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 9780890240434. Search this book on
- Strapac, Joseph A. (1998). Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 5: GE U-Series Locomotives. Shade Tree Books. ISBN 9780930742195. Search this book on
- Shippen, Bill; Shine, Joseph W. (1999). Southern Pacific in Transition. Four Ways Publications. ISBN 9781885614261. Search this book on
External links[edit]
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