Photo By: Kevin Morgan

This MP15AC started life wearing scarlet and gray. Southern Pacific was one of several railroads to buy the MP15AC for switching. The MP15AC largely replaced the older MP15DC. Do not let the name mislead you...both models had DC traction motors (as AC traction motor technology was not really developed until the 1990s). The MP15AC, however, used an AC alternator to generate electricity that was then converted to DC for the traction motors.
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Posted By Colorado Zephyr On Monday, July 6, 2015 At 2:01:22 AM (PT)

UP sent UPY 1480 to Grand Junction, CO, for storage along with several other units in May 2015. Business slow down had UP purging their fleet of older units.

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Location Information
City or County and State
Bond, CO

Subdivision
Moffat Tunnel (UP)

Milepost or Control Point
Bond




Train Information
Railroad
Union Pacific
Model
MP15AC
Unit Number
UPY 1480

Symbol
MNYRO-21
Paint Scheme  

Past Number(s)
ex-SP 2752



Photo Information
Camera Make/Model
Canon / Canon EOS 7D
ISO
400
Flash
Did Not Fire

Focal Length
28 mm
Shutter
1/320 seconds
Aperture
f/7.1


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