Hi All--
"Faure, Marin" wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:45:00
> From: "Chris Oles" <chris_oles@hotmail.com>
> Subject: LRO: re: EMD locos **no rover content ***
>
> >I used to work out at EMD and a few friends still do. I was amazed at the
> number of "rail fans" (fanatics) around. I still stop and wonder at the
> brute size and strength of those locomotives and often still try and
> identify the different offerings from the 2 main competing diesel-electric
> manufacturers.
>
> As a railfan (and modeler) myself- Milwaukee Road electrified Cascade
> division my specialty- I've been seeing an interesting "relic" in the BNSF
> yard in Bellingham these past few months that might bring back some
> more memories for you. It's a GP-30, probably one of the very few GP-30s still
> in major railroad service. If you used to work at EMD, you may remember
> the GP-30, as it has a very distinctive body and cab, particularly the dynamic
> brake grids on top of the long hood.
>
<g> And there are, or at least were up till a year or so ago, several
ex-D&RGW GP30s were out banging around on UP tracks here in Salt Lake.
(North-South mainline, near Sandy UT.)
Hmmmm. Maybe I haven't seen them since the merger, though, come to
think of it.
I remember when the 30s were brand new. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR
had some beautiful black & white 30s. Quite fetching, really,
especially compared to Illinois Central freight black.
<woo-wooooooo>-ly y'rs,
Ivan;-)
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