The Boone and Scenic Valley RR in Boone,IA has a TR-2 calf.
Boyd
Boone and Scenic Valley TR-2
bowens@rypn.org
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| Author: | Mark Hendrickson [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | GP-7/9 B-units |
Do any of these survive and if so where. Also wondering about TR(calf's). Any help would be great. Thanks, Mark downdrikson@bright.net |
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| Author: | Boyd Owens [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units *PIC* |
The Boone and Scenic Valley RR in Boone,IA has a TR-2 calf. Boyd Boone and Scenic Valley TR-2 bowens@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units |
Only 5 GP7B's were built, AT&SF 2788A-2792A. I don't think any survived. Of the 165 GP9B's built, PRR got 40 and none survived; UP got the rest, and unless Portola or CSRM are hiding something, it's unlikely any survived. lner4472@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | Terry Dempsey [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units |
> Do any of these survive and if so where. > Also wondering about TR(calf's). > Any help would be great. > Thanks, Mark Independent Locomotive Serivces (based out of the old Soo Thief River Falls roundhouse) has a couple of ex-Belt Railway of Chicago TR2s. They lease them out to grain elevators. Sorry, I don't have any numbers for them. As for GP7/9Bs, if none are surviving, it could be a neat project (if one has the resources) to "kitbash" a Geep with a cab into GP7/9B. Geeps are getting cheaper by the day with so many being replaces on regionals and shortlines by GP38/40s. |
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| Author: | Rob Davis [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Preserved TR2 |
There is a preserved "TR2" locomotive on this page. Although it claims to be an ALCo. http://www.rautatie.org/en/default.asp Hmmmmm.... Too late for an April Fool's? TR2 ALCo trains@robertjohndavis.com |
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| Author: | T.J. Gaffney [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 4:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | GP7's/ GP9's GTW/ C&O |
This thread brought up a couple of questions for me: 1.) Have any GTW GP's been saved? I know Saginaw Railway Museum had a couple, (4400-series?) but don't know if that still is the case. 2.) Beyond the C&O GP at Hocking Valley Scenic, have any C&O Geeps been saved? TJG Port Huron Museum tjgaffney@phmuseum.org |
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| Author: | Tom Cornillie [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units *PIC* |
> As for GP7/9Bs, if none are surviving, it > could be a neat project (if one has the > resources) to "kitbash" a Geep > with a cab into GP7/9B. The Burlington Northern did this with four GP-9s in the mid 1980's. According to the website below, all four are still in service. One of these would be worthy of preservation as a BN or BNSF unit, as it illustrates a rebuilding preference peculiar to the former road. Tom BNSF Photo Archive  rrhistorian@hotmail.com |
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| Author: | Don C. [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units |
> The Burlington Northern did this with four > GP-9s in the mid 1980's. According to the > website below, all four are still in > service. One of these would be worthy of > preservation as a BN or BNSF unit, as it > illustrates a rebuilding preference peculiar > to the former road. > Tom When the IC/ICG was heavy into rebuilding GP7s and GP9s into GP8s and GP10s, didn't some of the UP Geep "B" units get cabs added? Anyone have an all-time ICG roster who can check this out? Don C. milw261@sbcglobal.net |
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| Author: | Frank Hicks [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: C&O GP7's *PIC* |
> 2.) Beyond the C&O GP at Hocking Valley > Scenic, have any C&O Geeps been saved? GP7 5828 has been preserved at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Frank Hicks  fullparallel@wideopenwest.com |
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| Author: | Terry Dempsey [ Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GP-7/9 B-units |
> When the IC/ICG was heavy into rebuilding > GP7s and GP9s into GP8s and GP10s, didn't > some of the UP Geep "B" units get > cabs added? Anyone have an all-time ICG > roster who can check this out? > Don C. >>>>> I don't know about Geeps, but I do know for sure that some UP SD24Bs did get this treatment by ICG, which they termed "SD20s". Several are still in service in midwestern regionals (Iowa Interstate, Wisconsin Sourthern, RRV&W etc.) |
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| Author: | David Ackemran [ Tue Apr 08, 2003 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | TR2 |
If it's a joke it would sucker me in. I could easily believe that to be an ALCO export product. Much abourt it appears to conform to N. American practice, rhather than European practice. 2 cyl. outside, individual latches on the smokebox door and not a wheel, seems to have an American stlye pilot that might even be flue tubes, and even a glimmering suggestion of what could be an ALCO builders plate. They certainly exported locomotives. If that's a joke, I guess I'm a fool. What makes you think it's bogus? Nice picture in any case, and a nice looking locomotive. Sincerely, David Ackerman david_ackerman@yahoo.com |
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| Author: | James Hefner [ Tue Apr 08, 2003 5:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: TR2 |
According to my records, it is ALCO 75214/1947. It is a five foot gauge 2-10-0; and may be a rebuilt example of a "Russian Decapod" from World War II. The ones built during WWI would have two builder's plate, one in English, one in Cyrillic; I am not sure about the WWII examples. No. 1319 is the only known surviving example of the Finnish Tr2 class. -James Hefner Hebrews 10:20a > If it's a joke it would sucker me in. I > could easily believe that to be an ALCO > export product. Much abourt it appears to > conform to N. American practice, rhather > than European practice. 2 cyl. outside, > individual latches on the smokebox door and > not a wheel, seems to have an American stlye > pilot that might even be flue tubes, and > even a glimmering suggestion of what could > be an ALCO builders plate. They certainly > exported locomotives. If that's a joke, I > guess I'm a fool. What makes you think it's > bogus? Nice picture in any case, and a nice > looking locomotive. > Sincerely, > David Ackerman Surviving World Steam Locomotives james1@pernet.net |
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| Author: | Rob Davis [ Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fun |
Hi David, I am sure the steam engine is an ALCo. I was kidding around with the post, as the thread was about the EMD TR-2 diesel. When I searched google for a TR-2 in a museum, the Swedish gal is what came up. Rob > If it's a joke it would sucker me in. I > could easily believe that to be an ALCO > export product. Much abourt it appears to > conform to N. American practice, rhather > than European practice. 2 cyl. outside, > individual latches on the smokebox door and > not a wheel, seems to have an American stlye > pilot that might even be flue tubes, and > even a glimmering suggestion of what could > be an ALCO builders plate. They certainly > exported locomotives. If that's a joke, I > guess I'm a fool. What makes you think it's > bogus? Nice picture in any case, and a nice > looking locomotive. > Sincerely, > David Ackerman rdavis@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Rob Davis [ Tue Apr 08, 2003 9:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | KR Bell and WWII 2-10-0 pictures |
On a side note, Kurt Bell presides over a fantastic collection of photos of the WWII Russian 2-10-0's being exported. The RR Museum of PA library has at least 20 images of these engines being shipped by rail across the US, assembled and tested in the Pacific Northwest on a special 5' gauge yard, and then packed onto ships for trip overseas. A really fascinating series of images about a group of quite interesting engines. They are often overshadowed by their WWI-era cousins that stayed in the USA. Rob Davis > According to my records, it is ALCO > 75214/1947. It is a five foot gauge 2-10-0; > and may be a rebuilt example of a > "Russian Decapod" from World War > II. The ones built during WWI would have two > builder's plate, one in English, one in > Cyrillic; I am not sure about the WWII > examples. > No. 1319 is the only known surviving example > of the Finnish Tr2 class. > -James Hefner > Hebrews 10:20a rdavis@rypn.org |
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| Author: | K.R. Bell [ Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KR Bell and WWII 2-10-0 pictures |
Thanks for your kind words, Rob. BTW your article in RMC was first-rate. Keep up the good work! Kurt Bell On a side note, Kurt Bell presides over a > fantastic collection of photos of the WWII > Russian 2-10-0's being exported. The RR > Museum of PA library has at least 20 images > of these engines being shipped by rail > across the US, assembled and tested in the > Pacific Northwest on a special 5' gauge > yard, and then packed onto ships for trip > overseas. A really fascinating series of > images about a group of quite interesting > engines. They are often overshadowed by > their WWI-era cousins that stayed in the > USA. > Rob Davis |
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