Another IC "Paducah Geep" on display (Waynoka, OK)

rock island lines · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 487

Related to the thread, "Blue Grass Railroad Museum's Freshly Restored Paducah Geep," here is another saved IC rebuild that is now on static display in Waynoka, OK. I just ran across the photo, so I don't know any details. Internet chatter says this loco will be repainted into Santa Fe colors. It does resemble a Santa Fe GP20, so it shouldn't look too bad.

Edit: I just noticed similar pics from 2008, so this thing has been sitting a while. Apparently the project has stalled.

Hudson Bay Railway GP-10 on display at the Santa Fe station in Waynoka, OK by LnCS, on Flickr

NH0401 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:14 pm

Appears that stacks are capped with duct tape. Not a good long-term strategy.

"An ounce of prevention is worth of cure."

Dave

rock island lines · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 487

NH0401 wrote:

Appears that stacks are capped with duct tape. Not a good long-term strategy.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

Dave

Dave NH0401 -
I don't believe there is duct tape or anything else on the stacks. I'll let you look at the attached close-up and decide.

It appears this locomotive is not getting any attention at all, and could really use a friend. Does anyone reading this, who lives nearby, want to fabricate some stack covers out of plywood and 2x4's, or scraps of heavy canvas or something? I bet the owner (Waynoka Historical Society ?) would happily cooperate. The city of Waynoka appears to be equidistant between Oklahoma City and Wichita, which is unfortunately a multi-day drive for me, and probably most folks here.

Attachment:

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Link to original full-size image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lncs/15979373286/sizes/k/

etalcos · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:13 pm

Are you even sure there is an engine in it? And if there is, is it worth saving? Broken crank? Stripped? Already sat full of water for 10 years?

I have no idea, but making sure that there is a problem before we go solving it for them might be a good place to start. I'd suggest that a fabricated steel cap is probably preferable to the wood or duct tape.

Just a thought...

ETA

rock island lines · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 487

etalcos wrote:

Are you even sure there is an engine in it? And if there is, is it worth saving? Broken crank? Stripped? Already sat full of water for 10 years?

I have no idea, but making sure that there is a problem before we go solving it for them might be a good place to start. I'd suggest that a fabricated steel cap is probably preferable to the wood or duct tape.

Just a thought...

ETA

All good thoughts.

Yes, of course a fabricated steel cap is preferable. My suggestion to use plywood was aimed as a quick fix by someone with modest means. Few of us own welding equipment and no one wants to pay a welder. A local shortline made a stack cap with scraps of wood. Does the job.

There is an engine in there, though a few parts are missing: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1209121

A search turns up a news story describing the donation in 2007:
http://okielegacy.net/journal/tabloid/? ... s=12&vol=9

Quote:

Retired railroader Charles King, Wellington, formerly from Waynoka, alerted the Waynoka Historical Society about the possible availability of HBRY 2511 for donation to the Society by the Central Kansas Railway. It was good news, and the Society quickly agreed to proceed with the donation. Earl Metcalf, now of Fairview, was president of the Society when the the Central Kansas Railway locomotive was donated.

King provided a history of the locomotive. It was built in 1957 by EMD, Electro Motive Division of General Motors Corp. as a GP-9 1750 horsepower locomotive, and was sold to Illinois Central Gulf Railway, whose name was changed to Illinois Central. The engine's number was IC 8227.

In October, 1970, IC 8227 was placed into a GP-10 rebuild program. The engine was rewired and overhauled, and the horsepower raised to 1850. The front high hood was lowered for better visibility. The work was done in Paducah, Kentucky.

Mid South Railway Company bought the locomotive, and gave it a new number, MS 1066. Kansas City Southern Railroad Company bought Mid South, and sold many of these units in 1995 and 1996. OmniTrax, headquartered in Denver, bought many of the units, and the locomotive became OMLX 1066, and placed in their lease fleet. OmniTrax operates about 16 short-line railroads, and OLMX was sent to Central Kansas Railroad in Wichita.

In 1997, the unit was rehabilitated and repainted, and numbered HBRY 2511, and sent to the Hudson Bay Railroad in Manitoba, Canada, one of Canada's largest regional railroads. OmniTrax, part of Broe Corp., purchased these lines from the Canadian National Railway in 1997.

HBRY 2511 was returned to Wichita for repairs, but was retired in 2000, and donated to the Waynoka Historical Society in June, 2001. The Society plans to have the locomotive repainted blue and yellow in a historic Santa Fe Railroad color scheme as soon as possible.

"As soon as possible." That was 8 years ago.

In conclusion, this locomotive is definitely worth saving, but it needs someone's help. I notice parts have disappeared from it since it was donated, so it's a classic example of a park engine being picked apart by vandals. That damage will continue unless someone steps in. Anyone out there willing to help?