Nostalgia & History > Gray GP30 slug at Hamlet, 1989

A freight coming through Hamlet, NC in 1989 has a grey ghost GP30 slug leading on a dreary day in April 1989.

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Gateway97 Wrote:
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> A freight coming through Hamlet, NC in 1989 has a
> grey ghost GP30 slug leading on a dreary day in
> April 1989.

Just curious why are you calling the GP30 a slug? Slugs typically have no cabs or controls of any kind. They are simply a locomotive frame with wheels (trucks) and traction motors that connect to a mother unit to get their power.

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CrudPunko Wrote:
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> Gateway97 Wrote:
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> > A freight coming through Hamlet, NC in 1989 has
> a
> > grey ghost GP30 slug leading on a dreary day in
> > April 1989.
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> Just curious why are you calling the GP30 a slug?
> Slugs typically have no cabs or controls of any
> kind. They are simply a locomotive frame with
> wheels (trucks) and traction motors that connect
> to a mother unit to get their power.
>
> Thanks
That is a slug, a road slug to be exact. This particular slug do have controls just like a regular locomotive. Look at the rear of the slug, no radiators. Earl...



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/31/14 06:03 by SRSD45.

Still on the CSX roster 25 years later. Slugs can last forever. This is an ex-B&O unit.

Here is Road Slug 2258 at Hamlet in 2008.

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