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Western Railroad Discussion > The Origin of the first Green GoatDate: 01/18/17 17:38 The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: tsokolan Back in August of 2000 a fiend and I were on a week long railfan trip from Alberta to the west coast via Montana, Idaho and WA. Upon arrival in Seattle, we swung by the BNSF Balmer Yard and found SRY GP9 #2890. The unit was waiting to be shipped north to the shops of the Southern Railway of British Coluumbia, where it would be converted into GGS2000D #2001, the prototype Green Goat Hybrid locomotive. A few days later, we found the same unit in BC Rail's North Vancouver BC yard, awaiting transfer to the SRY.
-Trevor Date: 01/18/17 19:18 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: upheritage6 That poor port SP loco
Posted from Android Date: 01/18/17 19:21 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: shortlineboss SP sold the unit to Willamette Valley Railroad before it went North.
Mike Root Madras, OR Date: 01/18/17 19:56 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: upheritage6 They probably beat it to hell before that!
Posted from Android Date: 01/19/17 03:18 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: junctiontower As bad as it looks there, it could probably STILL do more work in a week than a Green Goat could do in a month......
Date: 01/19/17 07:20 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: TonyJ I photographed the 2890 many, many times when it was still on the SP. It seemed to pop up wherever I was.
Date: 01/19/17 09:45 Re: The Origin of the first Green Goat Author: jimB At Richmond, CA, Oct 1979. At least the slide was marked as Richmond - I don't remember taking too many pictures there.
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