A GN diesel relic, rare find in OR

[friscobob]

For you GN people, here's a shot of not only a GN diesel, but one of only ten like it ever built by EMD. And it hasn't been scrapped!!
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1304/Oregon_Pictures_059.jpg

Shot this extremely rare NW5 on a siding on the Oregon Pacific in Milwaukie, OR, while en route to chase & shoot 4449. It shares the property with other diesel oddballs.

While still wearing a ragged-looking BN paint job, it still has the unique metalwork on one end.

The NW5 was an attempt by EMD to come up with a low-horsepower roadswitcher type, and was built before the BL2.

[HemiAdda2d]

Wow, that is a rare catch--I didn't know any still existed!:D:D

[Flash Blackman]

Rare, rare, rare indeed! :thumbs_up:

[DanRaitz]

That makes at least 2 still in existence. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN has one also, that is used to pull their excursion trains.
http://www.northshorescenicrailroad.org/Home/Home.asp

Dan

[HemiAdda2d]

Very cool! What other single-railroad engine built that long ago has 20% of its members still intact? Not any I can think of. Well, I guess a UP Centennial would fit that bill, several are preserved.

[Kurt Moose]

Ooooh! Nice find! That used to sit up at Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad for a long time. She would be a nice restoration project for someone with a few buck!!(Doyle, are ya' listening?:rolleyes:) It would make a nice partner for his GN F-unit! :teeth:

[BNSF7173]

Nice catch of a rare subject, thanks for posting.

[GNFA310]

Nice find .. hopefully it will see restoration. :shade:

In the meantime #192 has been around awhile and is well taken care of.

Also check out some other GN diesels here:

http://www.gngoat.org/diesels.htm

Have Fun! :teeth:

[BoxcabE50]

I wonder if it's been re-engined? A missing stack, The remaining one looks to be moved. The hood appears to have been changed.

Was it's BN number 987?

Boxcab E50

[BoxcabE50]

Speaking of rare GN diesels, how many NW3 units survive? One here. Others?

Boxcab E50

[SDP45]

One went to A E Staley, the 179, and was operational as of 2004.

Photos of it here:

http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/index2.htm?GNEGNDieselRosterNW3.htm

[SDP45]

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=304255

[Delamaize]

That makes at least 2 still in existence....

Make that 3, these guys have one too, as of 2005. it is in rough shape, and rinda burried in the back of their lot, I have some pics somewere. here is the link.
http://www.frrm.org/

and about half way down, it is on their roster list.
http://www.frrm.org/roster.shtml

Side note, these guys do a "rent a loco" service, you can opperate either their GE 44 ton switcher, A former PRR RS3 or a former US Army GP7. I opted for the RS3, but the control stand was haywire, so I settled for the GP7. http://www.frrm.org/information.shtml (About half way down the page)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/delamaize/GP7%20Driving/IMG_0213.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/delamaize/GP7%20Driving/IMG_0265.jpg

[HemiAdda2d]

Speaking of rare GN diesels, how many NW3 units survive? One here. Others?

Boxcab E50

Here's that one, Whitefish, MT:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1158/GN_181.jpg

[BoxcabE50]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/delamaize/GP7%20Driving/IMG_0265.jpg

Nice paint scheme. reminds me of earlier RRs. Such as L&N or NC&St.L? The trucks seem unusual. AAR Type "B" on a GP?

:D

Boxcab E50

[BoxcabE50]

Here's that one, Whitefish, MT:

A memorial to the late Ken Good. Who was quite involved with this display.

:sad:

Boxcab E50

[friscobob]

Ken:

Those are AAR Type A (switcher) trucks. IIRC, the paint scheme is reminiscent of the NC&StL, which had Geeps. I think they came with switcher trucks- a recent issue of Railfan & Railroad had an arrticle on L&N GP7s with switcher trucks.

Here's another example, one I shot in Milwaukie last month:

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1304/Oregon_Pictures_062.jpg

Oregon Pacific GP7 1810, with a unique cab front and (if you look close) switcher trucks.

This was just 1/4 mile from where I shot the NW5, BTW

[DanRaitz]

Sorry, But those are AAR type B trucks under #1810. They are the same trucks used under ALCo and GE road diesels. A couple of idendifying features are the 2 brake cylinders and leaf springs in the center, you don't see them on the switcher trucks.

Dan

[friscobob]

Went back & looked- you're correct. They are Type Bs. However, when this GP7 was built, it did come with Type A switcher trucks, and was later re-trucked.