Rollover
A Union Pacific GP30 sits in a state of disrepair in Salt Lake City, Utah after a rollover at Buena Vista (west of Salt Lake City) which occurred on March 29, 1985. By this late in its service life, a UP GP30 would not be repaired. UP 872 was retired from the active roster in May 1985, but its post UP history is fascinating. It was sold to Durbano Metals in Ogden, Utah in October 1985, then sold to Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah, in service as Nucor Steel 660, sold to S&S Sales and Leasing and moved to Wilson, North Carolina for use on the Carolina Coastal Railway, out of service by March 2015 and sold to R. J. Corman Railpower for use as a core frame for conversion to genset locomotive. Info from UtahRails.net
Rollover
A Union Pacific GP30 sits in a state of disrepair in Salt Lake City, Utah after a rollover at Buena Vista (west of Salt Lake City) which occurred on March 29, 1985. By this late in its service life, a UP GP30 would not be repaired. UP 872 was retired from the active roster in May 1985, but its post UP history is fascinating. It was sold to Durbano Metals in Ogden, Utah in October 1985, then sold to Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah, in service as Nucor Steel 660, sold to S&S Sales and Leasing and moved to Wilson, North Carolina for use on the Carolina Coastal Railway, out of service by March 2015 and sold to R. J. Corman Railpower for use as a core frame for conversion to genset locomotive. Info from UtahRails.net