Lackawanna GP7 saved

jrevans · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:06 am

Great save guys!

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

Spotted this morning(?) on NS train 10G in Altoona, photo via Facebook.

I'm guessing someone on the repatriation staff isn't a Conrail fan.

Heck, she doesn't look much different from the old warrior that still services my workplace daily:

Mark Z. Yerkes · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:47 pm **Posts:** 486

I've heard the unit is now operational again. Any truth to it?

DLW1602 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:01 am

It is able to move under it's own power and is sometimes used as our shop switcher. At this present time it is not slated for revenue service.

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 2360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9Xwm0NQjw

CPR4000 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:07 pm **Posts:** 150

I doubt that PRL/CR 7554 is ex-NYC, since no NYC GP9's had dynamic brakes. It's remotely possible that CR installed them during the unit's rebuild to a GP10, but not likely.

jerry1445 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2016 4:39 am **Posts:** 1

I stumbled on the saga of the salvation of DL&W 959 by pure chance this week and was electrified, because I knew I had a picture of the locomotive unlike anything else that exists. That was the locomotive from which my grandfather--engineer Eugene Vahey of Kingston, Pennsylvania--retired in the summer of 1955 after 53 years of railroading. This picture of his grandchildren (that's me in the goofy shorts outfit on the left) was taken just after he had swung down from the cab for the last time. Believe it or not, we also have home video of this event.

Can anyone tell me what the status of the restoration is? I think I can speak for my siblings and cousins in saying that we would be pleased to donate both photo and film to a permanent exhibit about the 959 at Steamtown or a similar site.

Jeremy Mulderig
Chicago

NH0401 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:27 pm

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I doubt that PRL/CR 7554 is ex-NYC, since no NYC GP9's had dynamic brakes. It's remotely possible that CR installed them during the unit's rebuild to a GP10, but not likely.

FWIW, ex-NH GP-9- 1 of 30.

Built with dynamic brakes, fyi-and steam generator.

Dave

G. W. Laepple · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1182

It's quite likely that, in the course of its rebuild from GP-9 to GP-10, that the hood got swapped from another locomotive. I recall seeing an ex-NYC SW-8 that was overhauled at Juniata and received a cab from a PRR SW with those distinctive PRR marker lights.

Chemungvalleyrail · **Joined:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:12 am **Posts:** 90

Last that I heard Lackawanna 959 will be repainted in the spring.

Thomas Cornillie · **Joined:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:19 pm **Posts:** 252

From the files ...

Conrail Power Part III, Printed in Rails Northeast Vol. 7, No. 6, Issue 59 at P. 38, listed Conrail GP8 5460 as being assigned to Scranton.

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 2360

That picture is just so damn cool.

Goofy shorts and all.

What a wonderful image to have. Imagine what he saw in 53 years of railroading. Brooks
Hogs, Camelbacks, Poconos, FM Trainmasters, E's, F's...

I love the bow tie on your grandfather-in some ways I think it conveyed his sense of pride and professionalism.

Thanks for sharing that.

BTW, I think I remember Mulderigs in my schools. Any relatives move to Mountaintop?

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