08-15-2012, 01:33 AM
I did look a bit more for the UP28xx/UPY8xx and found out the two groups 800-805 (former C&IM) and 830-835 (former SP) are true SD38-2. Those are the number groups KATO used for their four models. UtahRails is a very helpful side for that purpose too.
The use of the engines was and is mainly hump yard service. At least the C&IM engines have been explicitly bought for that use while the SP engines are a "gift" from the merger. Some of the engines lack snow plows and ditch lights. It is unlikely that they ever got out of their home yards. But some of them are "fully road equipped".
Correction: my remarks about the "806" to be in Vernon is wrong. The photo shows the UP 806 a GP38-2 in Vernon while we are talking about the UPY 806 a SD38-2.
The use of the engines was and is mainly hump yard service. At least the C&IM engines have been explicitly bought for that use while the SP engines are a "gift" from the merger. Some of the engines lack snow plows and ditch lights. It is unlikely that they ever got out of their home yards. But some of them are "fully road equipped".
Correction: my remarks about the "806" to be in Vernon is wrong. The photo shows the UP 806 a GP38-2 in Vernon while we are talking about the UPY 806 a SD38-2.
Reinhard