Aren't those Erie geeps passenger units equipped with steam generators? Still running in commuter service in the early '70s...

Erie 1260-1265 were freight units.

They did have five GP-7s, 1400-1404 that were equipped for passenger.

JR

1955 seems late for something like a Korean War surcharge, I'd tend to agree with PC that there's a transpose in the '5' and the '9' -- but is the price mentioned in more places than the board note? And what do we kave for comp prices on GP9s in this general time range? I think this is right around the time PRR made their big Geep purchase...

At a point in time in the 2000 oughts, I had access to a spread sheet that was tracking all CSX Capital Expenditures - at that time the GE AC44CW's were being placed on the books at $2.1 Million each. Since that was 20 years ago, I have no idea what engines are going for in 2024.

With the diesel prices shown it made sense for RDG with 10 FT A-B sets in service to order 20 2-8-0's rebuilt into 4-8-4's for fast freight. (they later ordered 10 more 2-8-0's rebuilt into 4-8-4's.)

Phil Mulligan

PRR M-1 prototype, Juniata 1923: $68,317
PRR M-1 mass-production, Baldwin 1926: $65,612

Ref: "Atterbury's Engines", Bert Pennypacker, Trains October 1979

From New York Ontario & Western in the Diesel Age, Robert Mohowski, Andover Junction Publications:

44-ton GE 1941/1942 $35,000
FT A-B pair EMD May 1945 $249,341
NW-2 EMD 1948 $95,673
F3 A-B pair EMD March 1948 $301,701

And at almost the same time, Frisco was rebuilding a different sort of 2-8-0s original constructed before WW1 into what were perhaps the most modern 2-8-2s built in America. I do not have the precise financial details, but was told that it was a consequence of tax law that allowed full depreciation if more than a particular percentage of the engine's value was 'new' construction or equipment. Someone here, I'm sure, has access to those numbers...