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Union Pacific #304, an Omaha GP20. A GP9 that UP upgraded with turbo.
Title:  Union Pacific #304, an Omaha GP20. A GP9 that UP upgraded with turbo.
Description:  UP 304
Photo Date:  6/10/1976  Upload Date: 2/20/2022 11:59:47 AM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 304(GP20)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
Union Pacific #304, an Omaha GP20. It's a GP9 that UP upgraded with a turbo.
Title:  Union Pacific #304, an Omaha GP20. It's a GP9 that UP upgraded with a turbo.
Description:  UP 304
Photo Date:  6/10/1976  Upload Date: 9/9/2022 10:24:12 PM
Location:  Hinkle, OR
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 304(GP20)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Omaha Geep in Storage
Title:  Omaha Geep in Storage
Description:  UP "Omaha" GP20 322 sits in storage at SLC in 1976. It would go to PNC and end up on CNW who would pull the turbo out and number it 4498.
Photo Date:  7/7/1976  Upload Date: 2/16/2011 10:31:23 PM
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 322(GP20)
Views:  1067   Comments: 1
UP Omaha GP20 335
Title:  UP Omaha GP20 335
Description:  UP Omaha GP20 335 at Council Bluffs, Iowa on an unknown day in October 1963, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 335 was built as UP GP9 335 in September 1957 (c/n 23691), retired June 15, 1981 and sold to Precision National Corporation. In October 1965 it was sent to EMD for application of EMD's own turbocharger, becoming one of 27 UP cab GP9's so upgraded to 2000 horsepower by EMD. Please see: http://utahrails.net/articles/up-gp9-turbo.php

Threre appears to be a conflict between the photo date and the upgrade date, and I will research that, but I stand by the photo date based on the Kodak date stamp and the pencil notations on the slide frame.

Photo Date:  10/1/1963  Upload Date: 1/5/2012 12:56:21 PM
Location:  Council Bluffs, IA
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 335(GP20)
Views:  1455   Comments: 0
UP 335
Title:  UP 335
Description:  UP 335 is a so-called "Omaha GP20" - a late GP9 that UP fitted with an aftermarket turbocharger for a 2,000 hp rating. Date of photo approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1972  Upload Date: 5/24/2009 10:28:45 AM
Location:  Topeka, KS
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 335(GP20)
Views:  1036   Comments: 1
UP GP9m 340
Title:  UP GP9m 340
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GP30 724 and GP9m 340 at Kansas City, Missouri on an unknown day in April 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 724 was built in March 1963 (c/n 28204), retired in April 1982 and sold for scrap. Number 340 was built in September 1957 (c/n 23696) and was retired April 2, 1981. It began as a normal 1750 hp GP9, but between 1962-65 the UP installed EMD turbochargers on 55 of its 300-series GP9's, creating 2000 hp GP9's, or, as they became known, Omaha GP20's. The Omaha GP20's also received large 2400 gallon fuel tanks and some were further modified with heaters in the tanks to allow them to use Bunker C fuel oil. Those locomotives were converted back to diesel fuel in the 1970's. However, as the conversion back to diesel was taking place, the UP was adding 2400 gallon tanks to some of the un-converted Omaha GP20's as well as to some of the un-turbocharged GP9's. So, while number 340 shows a larger fuel tank, it is unknown if it was ever converted to burn Bunker C fuel.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/19/2010 4:00:03 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 724(GP30) UP 340(GP20)
Views:  1235   Comments: 1
UP GP9m 340
Title:  UP GP9m 340
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GP9m 340 at Kansas City, Missouri on an unknown day in April 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 340 was built in September 1957 (c/n 23696) on EMD Order 5552 and was retired April 2, 1981. During June 1964 this locomotive was equipped with an EMD turbocharger at UP's Omaha Shops, giving this unit and at least 54 other GP9's the moniker "Omaha GP20", and creating a 2000 hp GP9. The program began in early 1955 with the application of AiResearch Model T-30 turbochargers to four GP9's at UP's East Los Angeles Shops (four turbochargers per unit). The four units were sent out for road testing, and after modifications, the program was moved to Salt Lake City in September 1956. By 1959 the program was moved again to Omaha, and nine more GP9's were turbocharged (bring the total to 13). At the same time, ten nearly new GP9's of the 300-series were turbocharged using Elliott Company products, and three GP9's were sent to La Grange for application of EMD's new turbocharger. Later, the UP sent six more GP9's to EMD for the same modification. Between 1962 and 1965, 55 more GP9's in the 300-series were turbocharged with the EMD product by the UP at Omaha, and the AiResearch and Elliott modified units were de-turbocharged and converted back to normally-aspired GP9's. Number 340 was modified in June 1964, and at the same time a 2400 gallon fuel tank was installed, forcing one of the twin air reservoirs to be re-located to the front of the locomotive. Some of the turbocharged GP9's were also modified to burn low grade Bunker C fuel oil, and heaters were installed in the fuel tanks to permit efficient fuel flow. It is unknown exactly which Omaha GP20's were modified to burn Bunker C fuel, but the telltale sign is open metal grating on the walkways along the long hood to dissapate heat, and 340 shows signs of that. During the 1970's, Bunker C fueled locomotives were converted back to diesel due to rising costs of that fuel. The full turbo story is at this link: http://www.utahrails.net/articles/up-gp9-turbo.php
Photo Date:  12/31/1991  Upload Date: 11/20/2010 11:21:58 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 340(GP20)
Views:  1414   Comments: 1
Latest Aquisition
Title:  Latest Aquisition
Description:  Former C&C, nee UP, GP20 purchased from Larrys Truck and Electric. This unit has subsquently been repainted.
Photo Date:  9/28/2013  Upload Date: 11/22/2013 9:54:23 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Carl Perelman
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  722   Comments: 0
RCRY 701, 7579 & 7545
Title:  RCRY 701, 7579 & 7545
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2014  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 11:18:22 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  RCRY 7545(GP10) RCRY 7579(GP10) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
Ex-BNSF GP38 on the RCRY
Title:  Ex-BNSF GP38 on the RCRY
Description:  This cool looking unit leads a power set out of the service track
Photo Date:  4/11/2014  Upload Date: 4/14/2014 9:04:24 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  LTEX 2244(GP38-2) RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 7579(GP10)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
All 3 remaining RCRY green units
Title:  All 3 remaining RCRY green units
Description:  The last of their kind
Photo Date:  4/11/2014  Upload Date: 4/14/2014 9:05:15 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 7579(GP10) RCRY 7545(GP10) LTEX 1100(SW1500)
Views:  378   Comments: 0
LTEX 2244 (GP38-2)
Title:  LTEX 2244 (GP38-2)
Description:  Engines stationed in the Raritan Central Railroad yard.
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 4/13/2014 4:32:51 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John Wolan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  LTEX 2244(GP38-2) RCRY 701(GP20) LTEX 1520(SW1500) LTEX 1074(SW1500)
Views:  635   Comments: 0
LTEX 2244
Title:  LTEX 2244
Description:  On Lease to Raritan Central Railway
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 4/12/2014 4:46:52 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  Eric Kreszl
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LTEX 2244(GP38-2) BNSF 2244(GP38) RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 7579(GP10)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/10/2014  Upload Date: 8/11/2014 11:08:05 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/21/2014 9:53:59 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Night Moves
Title:  Night Moves
Description:  While visiting a friend in Edison, I could hear the train horns off in the distance. I took the trip down to Raritan Center just in time to see the train makes its final shoves into the yard. Here RCRY 701's conductor guides it one more time before shutting down for the night.
Photo Date:  10/24/2014  Upload Date: 10/27/2015 1:00:09 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John Wolan
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 7:32:20 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 7:32:35 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 7:33:15 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) LTEX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 7:33:51 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) LTEX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/29/2015  Upload Date: 3/29/2015 7:34:10 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) LTEX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/24/2015  Upload Date: 5/25/2015 9:14:20 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
RCRY 5
Title:  RCRY 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2015  Upload Date: 6/26/2015 10:44:20 PM
Location:  Metuchen, NJ
Author:  Eric B
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 5(GP30M)
Views:  1978   Comments: 2
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 11/14/2015 1:17:22 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Steven Talarsky
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 11/14/2015 1:17:49 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Steven Talarsky
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 12:43:11 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 12:47:50 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 7545(GP10) LTEX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/18/2015  Upload Date: 8/21/2015 12:51:27 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/29/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 12:48:37 AM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 9:23:02 PM
Location:  Metuchen, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
LTEX 1100 & RCRY 701
Title:  LTEX 1100 & RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/29/2015  Upload Date: 10/2/2015 7:58:35 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LTEX 1100(SW1500) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/22/2015  Upload Date: 10/22/2015 10:39:44 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  235   Comments: 2
RCRY 701 (FP20)
Title:  RCRY 701 (FP20)
Description:  RCRY 701 (GP20)
Photo Date:  12/12/2015  Upload Date: 5/6/2017 12:58:57 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John Wolan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
LTEX 1074 & RCRY 701
Title:  LTEX 1074 & RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/13/2016  Upload Date: 1/14/2016 6:10:59 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LTEX 1074(SW1500) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
LTEX 1100 & LTEX 1520
Title:  LTEX 1100 & LTEX 1520
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/25/2016  Upload Date: 2/25/2016 2:17:10 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LTEX 1100(SW1500) LTEX 1520(SW1500) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  244   Comments: 2
Raritan central power
Title:  Raritan central power
Description:  power sitting in yard
Photo Date:  3/12/2016  Upload Date: 3/28/2016 8:07:06 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  robert mungenast
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Raritan central power
Title:  Raritan central power
Description:  power sitting in yard
Photo Date:  3/12/2016  Upload Date: 3/28/2016 8:12:59 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  robert mungenast
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) LTEX 1074(SW1500)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/16/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2016 2:12:54 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/16/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2016 2:13:15 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/16/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2016 2:13:58 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  John Wilson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  606   Comments: 0
power sitting in yard
Title:  power sitting in yard
Description:  power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 7:31:42 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  robert mungenast
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  530   Comments: 1
power sitting in yard
Title:  power sitting in yard
Description:  power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 3:31:41 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  robert mungenast
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  441   Comments: 2
power sitting in yard
Title:  power sitting in yard
Description:  power sitting in yard on this Saturday after noon
Photo Date:  9/24/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 3:39:06 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  robert mungenast
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  RCRY 1074(SW1500) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  700   Comments: 4
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description:  Raritan Central Railway
Photo Date:  12/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/5/2017 11:14:50 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Jason Bialecki
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  347   Comments: 2
RCRY 1074
Title:  RCRY 1074
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 4:24:29 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 1074(SW1500) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/2017  Upload Date: 3/19/2017 11:03:16 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/18/2017  Upload Date: 3/19/2017 11:03:23 AM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 10:27:55 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John Danielson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 1100(SW1500)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
RCRY 5
Title:  RCRY 5
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/13/2017  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 10:27:12 PM
Location:  Edison, NJ
Author:  John Danielson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 5(GP30M) LTEX 2244(GP38-2) RCRY 701(GP20)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
RCRY 701
Title:  RCRY 701
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/7/2018  Upload Date: 1/7/2018 8:35:05 PM
Location:  Raritan Center, NJ
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RCRY 701(GP20) RCRY 1074(SW1500)
Views:  279   Comments: 1


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