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Author:  Chip Ordway [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 6:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Half the Loco it used to be....
Can anyone tell me of the GG1's which were cut into "half-unit" locomotives? I could swear that I've seen a pic, but I don't recall exactly.

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Author:  Joshua [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Half the Loco it used to be....
> Can anyone tell me of the GG1's which were
> cut into "half-unit" locomotives?
> I could swear that I've seen a pic, but I
> don't recall exactly.

I think you're missing a "why" there. If so, I can help!

I saw the same picture, at least one was converted into some sorta thing-a-ma-gig to blow snow from the tracks. I don't know the specifics.

Joshua
Author:  William Lodge [ Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Half the Loco it used to be....
Page 58 of Karl R. Zimmerman's "The remarkable GG-1" has the picture you're looking for.

The caption says it was #4846 that was cut down in 1967 to make a self propelled snowblower. Apparently it was used to clean the area around the Wilmington repair shops.

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Author:  davew833 [ Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Half the Loco it used to be.... *PIC*
Here's a link to another photo of #4846. Loewy would have rolled over in his grave! According to the website it survived until at least 1977. I wonder where the other half went.

> Page 58 of Karl R. Zimmerman's "The
> remarkable GG-1" has the picture you're
> looking for.

> The caption says it was #4846 that was cut
> down in 1967 to make a self propelled
> snowblower. Apparently it was used to clean
> the area around the Wilmington repair shops.


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