Retired UP 103 - GE B23-7  Contributor's Pick!       
This old girl was retired 12-20-06. Built at MP 4603 in January 1978 with a GE Builders Number of 41775. It got its UP number, along with a coat of yellow and gray paint on 7-28-1986. This particular paint job dates back to 10-4-95. You can still see just a little bit of Mo-Pac Blue in the frame stripe under the radiators where the trust plate once was. It was sold off at an auction in North Little Rock, AR on 10-8-09, and is was waybilled to the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad, I'm not sure why it ended up in Kansas City, but it turned around and went back to North Little Rock. However, while my MNA Job was in the city, I was able to snap a shot of her sitting in Terry Spur at UP Neff Yard. Hard to believe I got to run this thing way back in 2002 when I was 12. This was the first UP Dash-7 that I'd seen in probably a good 3 years, which sucks. The Dash-7's are the only GE's I like, it was a shame to see them go when they did.
Date: 12/21/2009 Location: Kansas City, MO   Map Show Kansas City on a rail map Views: 837 Collection Of:   Zach Pumphery
Locomotives: UP 103(B23-7)    Author:  Zach Pumphery
Retired UP 103 - GE B23-7
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  December 2009 Around Kansas City
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Bernie Feltman General Very nice photo and story, Zach. 12/23/2009 6:18:40 AM
steve mcgrew General very cool, love old Up (mopac) locos 3/25/2011 7:40:20 PM
Barry Kincy General Sorry this is so late, but this B23-7 #103 did evntually wind up on the Arkansas & Missouri railroad. After arriving back in North Little Rock, our dialy M-PBKC picked it up and dropped it off in the UP yard in Van Buren, AR and then the A&M took them to their yard in Fort Smith and stored them for many months then they brought down a large backhoe and a cutting torch. They torched off any outter useable parts, then took the back hoe to the locomotives and just literally shredded them down to nothing with the bucket lift of the backhoe! Crazy stuff! 6/10/2012 9:17:40 PM

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