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| Author: | hi-plains [ Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Whither an NC 70-tonner? |
The (MARS/P&G) IAMS pet food mill at Henderson North Carolina had a GE 70-ton industrial locomotive in use as a plant switcher. Latest Google satellite imagery seems to indicate it's no longer there. Anyone have word on its whereabouts, lineage, et al? It was last painted in "IAMS" bright green, with white IAMS lettering & canine paw-print on the long hood... |
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| Author: | Andrew Durden [ Wed Jul 29, 2020 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whither an NC 70-tonner? |
Ironically I was thinking about this engine the other day. It was, for a time, listed for sale on one of the sites. It may have been on Railswap, which is now gone. I also wondered if it had been sold, or if it ended up being scrapped. The stack looked as though it may have been re-powered at some point. |
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| Author: | Thomas Cornillie [ Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whither an NC 70-tonner? |
According to Jay Reed's Comprehensive Guide to Industrial Locomotives - An excellent resource for looking up locomotive histories - http://www.sonic.net/~jayreed/compguide.html This unit was located at Henderson, SC at 845 Commerce Dr. It had builders number 30020 and was built in August, 1948 for the Greenville & Northern as #70. |
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