my guess would either be slugs or on their way to be reconditioned or more likely scrapped.
although protecting the exaust might suggest they'd be interested in selling if anyone wanted and could afford to buy.

yeah but all the locos in the line looked brand new

that one doesn't. all the more reason to guess it to be a slug. looks like a 60s u-something-b. the trucks look newer then what they origeonally had though.

It's the famous Undec Railroad!

Looks more like a dash 7 model.

yeah but it is a GE U-boat

GE replaced the Universal series (U-Boats) with the Dash 7 series (This appears to be a B30-7) in the mid 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Universal_Series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Dash_7_Series
The 4 axle U-Boats had truck sideframes that made them look more like 4 axle ALCO units from the 40s and 50s. Whereas the trucks on this unit look like a shorter, 2 axle version of GE's modern 3 axle trucks.
Short answer:: GE: Yes. U-Boat: No.

I have lionel u-boat diesels. :)

me too a U36B in GN colors from 1977
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/lione.....rce/id218.html

that's the exact one we have!
and it runs like it's from 1977...

yeah? I has the whole set
Including the matching caboose

Oh, you're good. we have just the engine.

couple extra cars too

& you has commented on it too
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11322717/

That's a switch engine. UPY means it only works at a Union Pacific Yard, so it would make sense to have no tank.

Still has beauty without its tank :)

I see it is missing its fuel tank, but I see it's brakes are mu'ed with the loco to the left. That suggests these are non-working hulks being moved for storage or dismantleing. The UPY reporting mark is a mystery to me, but I don't think it means UP Yard. It certainly has seen some better days.
The type could be a U30B, U33B, or U36B. My eye's ain't so good at spotting types these days.

well its small compared to the big ones of today

Surely. Th e new beasts are by comparison H U G E... How does one switch a small plant with one?

So, this is a slug unit, or it's going to be scrapped?
Also, I love U-boats and Dash 7s, they're my favourite locos, and is cool to see that a U-boat with B bogies still survives...

slug possible cause more locos showed up on the other side of this line

yer X is a WANT!

there 3X more locos here now than when I took the pix!

RIP for these rust buckets (I hope)

why?

well this one is in Gering, NE with 3 rows of GATX & other locos

yeah but line up to that place in South Morrill is all & always will be UP

guessing its a U36B. not too knowledgable on UPY stuff, but my best guess that, at least now, it's either scrapped, used as a NPCU/slug as mentioned previously by others, or a remote control unit since several railroads (including UP) are experimenting with RC locomotives. :)

also, i'm not too active on the tycoforums, but I'm trainboyy if you ever see/meet me lol

you oughta be on TF its great!

It's a former SP B30-7 #7842 rebuilt as a yard slug sometime after the merger. Note the SP style light package at the rear of the radiator deck and the more modern FB2 style two axle trucks versus the GSC B trucks the U boats and some earlier Dash-7s had (eg the B23-7 line had buyer options for either).

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/lo.....aspx?id=124895