Nostalgia & History > mFile: NKP GP35 #910

from the mFile ..... a GP35 .... understand is was the NKP's only one, right Chris?

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Yes. NKP 910 built June 1964. B/N 29167. Renumbered Norfolk and Western 2910, then to Norfolk Southern 2910.

Sold to Springfield Terminal / Guilford 212 in late 1992. Reportedly still on Pan-Am roster as ST 212 and was still in operation 2010.

Z

Dick Wallin original, can't recall the location, but when unit fairly new

valmont Wrote:
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> from the mFile ..... a GP35 .... understand is was
> the NKP's only one, right Chris?

Vince, that is correct: It was the only one...
The unit was a replacement for #507 that was destroyed on September 10, 1963
By the way....
Dave McKay photo
June 20, 1965
Bellevue, Ohio

Which ST GP35 was the one chopped up a bit for fire department training ? I thought there was some discussion about the significance of it and maybe it was the NKP 910 ......

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

ClipX Wrote:
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> valmont Wrote:
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> > from the mFile ..... a GP35 .... understand is
> was
> > the NKP's only one, right Chris?
>
> Vince, that is correct: It was the only one...
> The unit was a replacement for #507 that was
> destroyed on September 10, 1963
> By the way....
> Dave McKay photo
> June 20, 1965
> Bellevue, Ohio

Yo Clipman thank you for alerting me to this unit and once again for eliminating another one from the mFile

According to this page, ST 212 was the unit sacrificed for a search and rescue training

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=89062

Other searches showed there was on-line talk about saving the unit when its retirement was proposed - was anything credible ever mounted in this regard?

ClipX Wrote:
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> valmont Wrote:
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> > from the mFile ..... a GP35 .... understand is
> was
> > the NKP's only one, right Chris?
>
> Vince, that is correct: It was the only one...
> The unit was a replacement for #507 that was
> destroyed on September 10, 1963
> By the way....
> Dave McKay photo
> June 20, 1965
> Bellevue, Ohio
My version was a Wallin shot, they must have been out together that day.

masterphots Wrote:
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> ClipX Wrote:
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> > valmont Wrote:
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> > > from the mFile ..... a GP35 .... understand
> is
> > was
> > > the NKP's only one, right Chris?
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> > Vince, that is correct: It was the only one...
> > The unit was a replacement for #507 that was
> > destroyed on September 10, 1963
> > By the way....
> > Dave McKay photo
> > June 20, 1965
> > Bellevue, Ohio
> My version was a Wallin shot, they must have been
> out together that day.

Alan, it could be?? However, I found the shot in Nickel Plate Color Photograhpy Vol. #3 The Railfan Perspective.
Please let Vince and I know about it...we want to be correct about it.

I ebay'd the slide years ago but remember getting the same image from Dick and him making a big deal about how he finally got one of the two rare NKP units (the other was a C420 I recall). I'm sure the book caption is correct and that Dave shot it. I had a few McKay slides but they were all B&LE.