On Wiki: A Control Car Remote Control Locomotive (CCRCL) is a stripped diesel locomotive body with remote control equipment installed. The term and the units are a creation of the Union Pacific Railroad, which as of 2005 is widely adopting remote control of locomotives in switching service. They are sometimes improperly called slugs, and differ from normal remote control locomotives as they cannot move on their own. Included a picture of UPY163.
The middle unit is a Remote Control Unit. At the time the UP converted B30 and B36-7's to be RCU's. The signal for operating was done through that second unit, powering the locomotives. You will see the RCU equipment on the top of the cab of UPY 163. The locomtive was only used for RCU purposes.For what other reason would they have a useless dead unit with no fuel tank in the consist? Just to haul it around for fun? This was the beginnings of RCU operations, this was how it started.
On Wiki:
A Control Car Remote Control Locomotive (CCRCL) is a stripped diesel locomotive body with remote control equipment installed. The term and the units are a creation of the Union Pacific Railroad, which as of 2005 is widely adopting remote control of locomotives in switching service. They are sometimes improperly called slugs, and differ from normal remote control locomotives as they cannot move on their own. Included a picture of UPY163.
What year was it
The middle unit is a Remote Control Unit. At the time the UP converted B30 and B36-7's to be RCU's. The signal for operating was done through that second unit, powering the locomotives. You will see the RCU equipment on the top of the cab of UPY 163. The locomtive was only used for RCU purposes.For what other reason would they have a useless dead unit with no fuel tank in the consist? Just to haul it around for fun? This was the beginnings of RCU operations, this was how it started.
-dito-
nice video!!
Cool!
What ever happened to that unit? The old RC unit
What year is this?
Second unit can't be a rc it's dead there is no fuel tank and nice old crossing signals