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| Author: | tyrok1 [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
Just out of curiosity, are there any B23-7's preserved? From what I hear, a lot of them have been retired in the last few years. |
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| Author: | uboat2525 [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
it is my understanding that Ed Bowers has one in his collection a former conrail unit that spent alot of time in connecticut servicing the springfield line as well as the industrial spurs out of hartford http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=217978&nseq=5 |
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| Author: | tyrok1 [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
Nice! Conrail paint scheme, too. Any others? |
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| Author: | Ed Kapuscinski [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
While not "preserved" these things still have some life left in em. The East Penn has the ex-CR geometry train locomotive in service on the Quakertown Branch. |
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| Author: | Jay611 [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
Delaware Coast Line operates two of them. I'm sure plenty of shortlines will hang on to them. http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.a ... clr&mid=14 |
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| Author: | JohnnyWinkler [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum at Oak Ridge,Tenn has two and apparently there are plans to restore one in as delivered Family Lines paint.The other is ex-Conrail. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=55496 |
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| Author: | Steamteam91 [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
We at East Penn actually have two. The one in Quakertown and a SP B23 5114 on the Octoraro Branch. We also roster three U Boats and Two B30-7's. |
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| Author: | scottychaos [ Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
Finger Lakes Railway in New York State is running Eight of them: http://gold.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/FGLK/ Scot |
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| Author: | SR6900 [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
I'd love to see one of the Southern high hoods preserved. It'd complete the collection at TVRM and look good mated up with the GP30. |
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| Author: | uboat2525 [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
I seem to remember that when CSO (railtex/railamerica) took over the connecticut branchs conrail had sold a batch of b23-7's to them, most of those units at the time were on there last leg and kept the mechanical dept scrambling on a daily basis just to get them ready for the day, the reason for i believe for the purchase of the former cr units is the fact that they had amtrak approved cab signaling, i was in my early 20's at the time and only know of all this as i worked for the outside contractor that provided M of W services for CSO (all in all the Branchs on the railroad was in a sorry state from top to bottom) the running tracks had not seen much repair since maybe 85-86 and hartford yard was a site of derailments on a almost weekly basis in 96 I have to say I'd never thought i'd miss seeing them, as i grew up with them running on the manchester running track and got to know the CR crews that ran that job out of west springfield, there were some fond memories and really nice guys, its all a distant memory now, but i did get my first cab ride in a B23-7 at age 12 |
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| Author: | KevinO [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
SR6900 wrote: I'd love to see one of the Southern high hoods preserved. It'd complete the collection at TVRM and look good mated up with the GP30. Well now might be you chance. Apparently a high hood B23-7 just showed up in Roanoke to be put in the NS storage line. Usually when locomotives enter that line they never leave intact. Kevin O |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Any GE B23-7's Preserved? |
One is up for sale at Sterling Rail, in Iowa, for $137,500: http://www.sterlingrail.com/547/class.php?id=120 |
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