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Acadiana Railway GP30 701 |
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Acadiana Railway GP30 701 was originally Union Pacific 701 and then Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Eastern 701 before coming to the AKDN. It was frame number 7648-2. |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/1993 Upload Date: 8/28/2024 5:20:02 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
STEVEN PALMIERI image |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 701(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 701 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP30 701 was built in February 1963 as Union Pacific 701, frame no. 7648-2. This was the fourth UP diesel to wear this number; the previous examples were a Fairbanks-Morse ERIE-BUILT A-unit from March 1948 until February 1953, a GP7 from February until November 1953 and a GP20 from July 1960 until December 1962. The 701 was one of the last GP30’s on the UP roster. It was retired on 28 July 1989 and was leased to the City of Mineral Wells, Texas three months later for service on the city owned, 22-mile long, Mineral Wells & Eastern Railroad. This line was formerly the UP/MP/T&P‘s Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern subsidiary. The 701 was sold to the city on 7 February 1990, but the railroad closed in May 1992 and the locomotive was resold to the Acadiana Railway by mid-March 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2001 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:34:49 PM |
| Location: |
Eunice, LA |
| Author: |
TOM BLACKWELL image |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 701(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 3018 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP30 3018 had been built in February 1963 as Denver & Rio Grande Western 3018. It was retired on 7 May 1996 and sold by the Union Pacific to Metro East Industries at East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1997. From there, it moved on to Larry's Truck Electric Service in Ohio before February 1998 and then to the Acadiana Railway in December 1998. The Acadiana had LTE repaint it into this green and yellow paint scheme, which was inspired by a former Chicago & North Western GP7 which the railroad had previously purchased from LTE. This was the Acadiana's second GP30; their first one was former Union Pacific 701 which they acquired in 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/2000 Upload Date: 2/24/2021 4:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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| Title: |
UTLX 25111 and AKDN 3018 |
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Union Tank Car Co. 65-ton General Electric locomotive 25111 was at S&I Locomotive in Opelousas, Louisiana with Acadiana Railway GP30 3018. The little GE was used at the Union Tank Car Co. car repair shop on the Acadiana in Ville Platte, Louisiana. |
| Photo Date: |
5/29/2004 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:18:39 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
UTLX 25111(65Tonner ) AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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| Title: |
AKDN GP30 3018 |
| Description: |
Acadiana Railway GP30 3018 had been built in February 1963 as Denver & Rio Grande Western 3018. It was retired on 7 May 1996 and sold by the Union Pacific to Metro East Industries at East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1997. From there, it moved on to Larry's Truck Electric Service in Ohio before February 1998 and then to the Acadiana Railway in December 1998. The Acadiana had LTE repaint it into this green and yellow paint scheme, which was inspired by a former Chicago & North Western GP7 which the railroad had previously purchased from LTE. This was the Acadiana's second GP30; their first one was former Union Pacific 701 which they acquired in 1993. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2015 Upload Date: 7/31/2022 12:05:28 PM |
| Location: |
Opelousas, LA |
| Author: |
LEO PERSICK |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
AKDN 3018(GP30) |
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