More finds while railfanning

Some track equipment being moved, Found an "ole Slug" by some industry downtown. My shakey camerawork catching an un-renumbered Southern Pacific GP60 (#9755) matched with another UP GP60 and a SD70M.
More on the Slug #Y173 I found:
UP completed six CCRCLs in July 2003. CCRCL stands for Control Car Remote Control Locomotive -- and the idea is that this unit contains the remote control capability while being coupled to another unit not so equipped. This allows other units that have not been equipped with RCL to be capable of being remotely controlled.
The CCRCL is basically a trailer -- the units converted are GE B30-7s that have had their traction motors and fuel tanks removed. Reportedly their prime movers are still in place (the exhaust stack is still there as well).
They are painted UP grey overall with red scothlight frame stripes and cab numbers. Red barricade stripes are at the lower portions of the nose and rear of the hood. There is a UP shield at the top of the nose.

The cab roof has twin yellow beacons on either side.

Cab windows, except for door and side windows are plated over. Control stand apparatus is removed and plated over but the cabinet is in place along with emergency air brake. The remote control electronics/cabinet is located on the back of the cab.

The conversion work was apparently done at Alstom in Calgary. They were originally intended to be numbered in the UPY 2300 series.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Shakey camera
• Conrail
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• SP9755
• GP60
• SD70M
• Train set
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• Swanman1975
• UP
• Union Pacific
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• Judsonia
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[Webber362]

um where is the slug fuel tank at??????????

[nerfman449]

Aw man this brings be back to the days when my dad and i sat by the tracks and watched trains go by 5 stars

[p51death]

This remote "Cab car" deal seems strange. All of the UP RCL's I've run were capable of mu-ing to any other non-rcl engine (i.e. being the 'lead' unit in mu) Even with two RCL engines, one was set up for RCL, the other put in trail. Why did they bother I wonder.

[BNSFbeagrett9647]

Y173 is SWEET! Awsome catches! SP Con Rail and a retired UB30-7, 5* and a FAVORITE!