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By:Paul Koprowski
Dates:5/29/2014 - 6/1/2014
Album Info:A special album for a very special and rare event. Pictures from the main event at the old Southern Railway shops in Spencer, NC as well as the C&O Railway Heritage Center at Clifton Forge, VA, the VMT at Roanoke, VA, and B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD.
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Old Freight House
Title:  Old Freight House
Description:  The old C&O freight station at Clifton Forge. We were told that it is the only building standing on the property original to the yard. Now it houses many displays relating to the C&O Railway, including a large model layout.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/4/2014 11:46:14 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CSX 165114
Title:  CSX 165114
Description:  A former Conrail boxcar, now converted to some sort of work train, rests in the CSX yard right next to the museum property.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/4/2014 11:50:28 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CO 614
Title:  CO 614
Description:  One of the main attractions of the museum, Greenbrier 614 rests in the afternoon alongside her auxiliary tender awaiting the day she will pull fast mainline excursions once again.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/4/2014 11:53:26 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CO 614(4-8-4)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
CSX 912262
Title:  CSX 912262
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Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 12:57:42 AM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CO 458
Title:  CO 458
Description:  Nicely restored former C&O combine, both inside and out.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:22:24 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CO 3168
Title:  CO 3168
Description:  This caboose is fully restored inside and out, now part of the tour through the train of former C&O equipment that 614 sits at the head of.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:05:00 AM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CO 90219
Title:  CO 90219
Description:  One of the three former C&O cabooses on the property, this one dating back to the late 1940s.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:27:40 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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CO 90382
Title:  CO 90382
Description:  Acquired a few years ago from the B&O Railroad Museum, the C&O Railway Historical Society has recently given this old wooden caboose a fresh coat of paint. Note the old C&O lettering still faintly visable underneath.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 9:30:08 PM
Location:  Clifton Forge, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NW 1118
Title:  NW 1118
Description:  One of the former Lost Engines of Roanoke sits minus tender at the Roanoke Chapter NRHS storage yard. Built in 1910 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:02:03 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 1118(4-8-0)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
NW 515105
Title:  NW 515105
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Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:06:15 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
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CHW 663
Title:  CHW 663
Description:  Former Chesapeake Western Railway unit awaiting a cosmetic restoration like her sister unit over at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Built by Baldwin in 1946, this unit sat at the Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Company for many years before being saved along with CHW 662 and four former N&W steam locomotives.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:10:57 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CHW 663(DS44-660)
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EJL 34
Title:  EJL 34
Description:  A former EJ Lavino & Company tank switcher rests at the back of the NRHS yard in Roanoke. Originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923 for the Utah Copper Company as their number 5, it came east to Pennsylvania in 1946. The Roanoke Chapter NRHS acquired the little locomotive in 1970.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:18:22 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  EJL 34(0-6-0)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
CR 6670
Title:  CR 6670
Description:  Still in faded Conrail blue, former Erie Lackawanna 3639 sits silently with some other non restored equipment owned by the VMT. This is the last unrebuilt unit to survive from the EL SDP45 fleet.
Photo Date:  5/29/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:32:02 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CR 6670(SDP45)
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CHW 662
Title:  CHW 662
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1946, this unit was one of three that would dieselize the Chesapeake Western. Retired in 1964, it would call the yard of Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Company home for at least forty years, surviving floods and the elements alike, before being donated to VMT along with other rail equipment. The Roanoke Chapter NRHS restored it back to its beautiful CHW paint scheme in 2012, proving that anything in railroad preservation is possible. Here it sits on display, coincidently alongside former CHW 10, the Alco T-6 replacement that sent it and its sisters to the scrapyards back in the 1960s.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:40:56 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CHW 662(DS44-660) CHW 10(T6)
Views:  501   Comments: 0
CHW 10
Title:  CHW 10
Description:  Originally built for the N&W, this Alco T-6 is one of only a few to survive today. It sits here on display at the VMT's outdoor yard right next to a Baldwin switcher that it was originally purchased to replace back in 1964.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:44:06 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CHW 10(T6)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
WE D-3
Title:  WE D-3
Description:  A former yard switcher from the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway on display in the yard at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Built in 1941 by EMD, this little switcher eventually made it to the roster of the Norfolk & Western Railway, who would later donate it to the museum.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:26:20 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  WE D3(NW2)
Views:  882   Comments: 0
NW 1135
Title:  NW 1135
Description:  One out of three of the last surviving Alco C-630s.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:00:40 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 1135(C630)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
NW 522
Title:  NW 522
Description:  A fine example of 1960s N&W freight power. Restored both inside and out by the Roanoke Chapter NRHS and leased to the VMT for display alongside other former roster mates.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/15/2014 11:58:52 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 522(GP30)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
RFP 2305
Title:  RFP 2305
Description:  One of 100 boxcars built by Pullman Standard for the RF&P in 1963.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:30:18 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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NS 6123
Title:  NS 6123
Description:  Originally N&W 6123, built in 1975 by EMD.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:47:08 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NS 6123(SD40-2)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
NW 518409
Title:  NW 518409
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Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:06:06 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
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VGN 321
Title:  VGN 321
Description:  Built for the Virginian Railway in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company, this caboose became part of the Norfolk & Western Railway fleet in 1959 when they absorbed the VGN.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:32:56 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
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SOU 1070
Title:  SOU 1070
Description:  Constructed by Pullman, this coach is named after one of the Southern Railway's presidents. Rebuilt into its current configuration as an open air car for use on excursions during the former steam program era on Southern Railway and successor Norfolk Southern.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:37:43 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
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NW 6
Title:  NW 6
Description:  The oldest locomotive at VMT, this N&W Consolidation was constructed by Baldwin in 1897 and originally numbered 352. Sold to the Virginia Carolina Railroad as their number 6 in 1917, it was reacquired by its original owner a few years later as part of the Norfolk & Western acquisition of the Virginia Carolina.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:42:05 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 6(2-8-0)
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NW 1218
Title:  NW 1218
Description:  The only Class A to survive, it is quite fitting that this great beast of a machine is preserved and proudly displayed in the city where it was born many years ago. Indeed a fitting tribute to the skilled staff that worked in the N&W Roanoke shops.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 12:03:22 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
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AMTK 406
Title:  AMTK 406
Description:  While not as vintage as some of the other units running around the property this weekend, Amtrak 406 is still a cab unit. Built in 1988 for hauling long passenger trains across the US, it was restored to Phase III paint and converted to an NPCU for display with the Amtrak 40th Anniversary train in 2011. It now sees service on the Amtrak Exhibit Train as well as the occasional stint in revenue passenger service on Amtrak trains requiring an NPCU on one end. This weekend it was also one of two Amtrak F40s to appear in this image in the same yard.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:37:03 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 406(NPCU)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Vintage Meets Modern
Title:  Vintage Meets Modern
Description:  C&O 8016 and Amtrak 406 pose together in the Spencer yard as the museum prepares for the Friday night photo shoot.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:11:47 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CO 8016(F3A) AMTK 406(NPCU)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  One of the more popular locomotives in attendence, N&W 611 poses in the yard with a train of matched coaches courtesy of Norfolk Southern.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:13:09 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
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The Face of 611
Title:  The Face of 611
Description:  Soon the headlight will be showing the way across the NS system on 21st Century Steam excursions.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 10:35:05 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
PC 74214
Title:  PC 74214
Description:  A former resident from up north shows off both Penn Central and pre merger PRR markings.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:54:49 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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SOU 900241
Title:  SOU 900241
Description:  Former MofW boxcar on the outskirts of the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:52:40 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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SOU 2601
Title:  SOU 2601
Description:  Looking like a short freight parked on a rural branch line, the museum's two vintage Geeps sit parked on the edge of the property for the weekend while the visiting Streamliners get most of the spotlight.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 10:40:54 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SOU 2601(GP30) NW 620(GP9)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Nice Faces
Title:  Nice Faces
Description:  Streamlined cab units from all over the country line up for photos in front of the old Southern Railway roundhouse. What a wonderful sight.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:14:32 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NKP 190(PA1) RDG 284(F7A) WAB 1009(E8A) UP 949(E9A) NS 4271(F9A) ERIE 833(E8A) NAUG 2019(FL9) WAB 1189(F7A)
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In the Roundhouse
Title:  In the Roundhouse
Description:  ACL 501 poses with some of the visitors as it gets ready for the night photo session.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 10:45:11 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  ACL 501(E3A) CN 6789(FPA4) PRR 5711(E8A)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
DLW 664
Title:  DLW 664
Description:  A late night extra freight stops at a lone station along the Lackawanna Railroad's mainline through the Poconos on its way west. The DL&W A-B-A F unit set was one of the main highlights of the Friday night photo session.
Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:35:48 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  DLW 664(F3A)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Gathering
Title:  Gathering
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Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 10:54:46 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  AMTK 406(NPCU) RDG 284(F7A) UP 949(E9A) WAB 1009(E8A) NS 4271(F9A) ERIE 833(E8A) NAUG 2019(FL9)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
Nice Lineup
Title:  Nice Lineup
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Photo Date:  5/30/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:09:29 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SOU 6133(FP7A) PRR 5711(E8A) BO 722(F7A) CO 8016(F3A)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
NW 620
Title:  NW 620
Description:  A one time workhorse of the Norfolk & Western Railway.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:12:02 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 620(GP9)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
EMDX 103
Title:  EMDX 103
Description:  The one that started it all, GM 103 was built in 1939 by Electro Motive as an attempt to sell the railroads of the US on the idea of diesel power. No stranger to this yard as this locomotive had visited Spencer to demonstrate to the Southern Railway a diesel at work, later becoming a Southern unit itself. It is now owned by the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO which has restored it back to its original look while out on demonstration runs. Behind it is one of its B units, also of Southern Railway heritage and now under the ownership of VMT at Roanoke,VA.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:15:22 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  EMDX 103(FTA) EMDX 103B(FTB)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
SOO 2500
Title:  SOO 2500
Description:  Built by EMD in 1949 as demonstrator unit 7001. Purchased by the Soo Line for subsidiary Wisconsin Central, it now calls the Lake Superior Railroad Museum home.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:14:08 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  SOO 2500(FP7A)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911-A
Title:  CBQ 9911-A
Description:  The last surviving E5A
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 1:21:35 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
CN 6789
Title:  CN 6789
Description:  This restored MLW product of 1959 powered a special photo freight around the museum grounds. Originally built for the Canadian National, it was retired in 1989 after many years of service across Canada. Purchased and restored by a private owker in 1994, it currently calls the Monticello Railway Museum home and was one of two units to make the journey from Monticello, IL for the event.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 8:47:27 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CN 6789(FPA4)
Views:  117   Comments: 1
UP 949
Title:  UP 949
Description:  Seen during the Parade of Power is one of Union Pacific's classy E units. Built in 1955 for use on some of UP's special name passenger trains, it is now part of the UP Heritage fleet, headquartered in Cheyenne, WY, and serves on UP business trains and special excursions.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/6/2014 12:16:20 AM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  UP 949(E9A)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Eaot Meets West
Title:  Eaot Meets West
Description:  E units from eastern and western railroads meet out in the yard during the parade.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 8:54:58 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  UP 949(E9A) ERIE 833(E8A)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
PRR 5809
Title:  PRR 5809
Description:  The Streamliner Special has arrived at the Barber Junction depot on the museum grounds behind one of the Juniata Terminal E8As.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:01:55 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  PRR 5809(E8A)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
CNW 411
Title:  CNW 411
Description:  One of two former C&NW F7s on the museum grounds this weekend, the other was in the roundhouse for cab tours at the time. Once used for commuter service in the Windy City, the Illinois Railway Museum has done a wonderful job restoring it back to how commuters of the 1950s would see it. Note the unique placement of the bell on the nose.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:10:45 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  CNW 411(F7A)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Profile Comparison
Title:  Profile Comparison
Description:  While the question of which locomotive is older might seem obvious at first, the F7 actually precedes 611 in construction by a year.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:04:57 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) CNW 411(F7A)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
BO 3684
Title:  BO 3684
Description:  Heading up a display freight is the first GP40 built for the B&O. Bearing a similar look to the GP40Ps of former affiliate Jersey Central Railroad, its number picks up where the last CNJ Geep left off at 3683.
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2014 11:17:35 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  BO 3684(GP40)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
BO 382359
Title:  BO 382359
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Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 2/21/2015 1:59:02 AM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Views:  227   Comments: 0
BO 6607
Title:  BO 6607
Description:  Displaying one of the B&O's numerous diesel paint schemes, this old GP-9 is one of the museum's active fleet of locomotives. Built in 1956 by EMD and originally number 3414.
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 2/26/2015 8:58:48 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Paul Koprowski
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Locomotives:  BO 6607(GP9)
Views:  180   Comments: 0


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