N&W GP30's

[chessie]

Here are a few photos of GP30's:
http://www.railimages.com/albums/haroldhodnett/aeo.jpg

Harold

[chessie]

Nice high nose shot:
http://www.railimages.com/albums/haroldhodnett/aep.jpg

Harold

[chessie]

Another unit:
http://www.railimages.com/albums/haroldhodnett/aeq.jpg

Harold

[chessie]

A nice side view:
http://www.railimages.com/albums/haroldhodnett/aex.jpg

Harold

[chessie]

Another side view, this unit in the black "stealth" scheme :D
http://www.railimages.com/albums/haroldhodnett/afb.jpg

Harold

[chessie]

Pretty rare shots, folks... not many high-nosed GP30's existed...

Harold

[N&W]

Originally posted by chessie:
Pretty rare shots, folks... not many high-nosed GP30's existed...

Harold Yeah, only about 155! ;)

[chessie]

Originally posted by N&W:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by chessie:
Pretty rare shots, folks... not many high-nosed GP30's existed...

Harold Yeah, only about 155! ;) </font>[/QUOTE]Well there were less than 1000 GP30's built and most RR's never had them.

Harold

[N&W]

Originally posted by chessie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by N&W:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by chessie:
Pretty rare shots, folks... not many high-nosed GP30's existed...

Harold Yeah, only about 155! ;) </font>[/QUOTE]Well there were less than 1000 GP30's built and most RR's never had them.

Harold </font>[/QUOTE]Heh, 909 GP30s is far more than many Alco or GE models.

U30B ~ 292
U23B ~ 465
U30C ~ 600
C630 ~ 133
C424 ~ 190

The list goes on.

GP30s were bought by:

ACL
ARR
ATSF
B&O
CB&Q
CEI
CGW
CNW
C&O
D&RGW
GM&O
KCS
L&N
MILW
NKP
N&W
NYC
PRR
READING
SAL
SOO
SOUTHERN
SP
SSW
TP
UP

[Don Rickle]

NICE! Is the N&W the only one to have High noses? I would guess Southern had high noses too. What do ya think?

[N&W]

Originally posted by Don Rickle:
NICE! Is the N&W the only one to have High noses? I would guess Southern had high noses too. What do ya think? Southern actually had more than N&W:

N&W: 44, the rest were SOUTHERN

[EDIT I goofed above on the total production, the total # of hi-nose units should be more like 164

Southern 120
N&W 44]

Supposedly, WP had placed an order for Hi-nose GP30s, then cancelled the order.

[ January 05, 2006, 01:31 PM: Message edited by: N&W ]

[Don Rickle]

OK thanks.

[chessie]

I jumped in on photography at the right time.... I actually have photos of most of the NS GP30's!

Harold

[N&W]

Hal,

Thanks for sharing those photos!

As usual, many of us take things for granted until they are gone!

Mark

[chessie]

Yes, that is one of the great things about photographing things that we see: they may be gone tomorrow!

Harold

[chessie]

I have always liked the GP30's with their 60's "modernistic" appearance.... I was truly surprisd when I saw my first low nosed units! :eek:

Harold