Western Railroad Discussion > GP-30 dragging back into the yard!

On Christmas Eve I was in my old Santa Fe base city of Emporia visiting friends. During the rather overcast day I ran around the area shooting whatever RR ‘stuff’ I could find. That’s an old habit which is impossible to break. I found this elderly BN GP30-looking switch job laboring mightily to drag the day’s haul into Emporia Yard from the industrial area around NR Jct on the east side of town. Most of the tonnage came from the Bunge complex along East St, between E 6th Ave & the BNSF main line(s). Even though it was moving at a snail’s pace, it was an audible delight to hear that 50+ year old EMD graduate growling for all it was worth…

1. BNSF 2806 is dragging a large amount of Bunge Elevator tonnage back into the yard in Emporia, KS. This Cascade Green unit still looks like a stranger in a strange place 20+ years after the merger!
Photo date: December 24, 2018.

Thanks for looking!
Lance Garrels
santafe199



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/19 11:57 by santafe199.

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That's a good looking Cascade Green unit you caught there Lance.

BB

Figured this would’ve been an ex CB&Q engine but it’s actually ex L&N 1031

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Neat catch and shot! There can't be too many of those left in green.

PQM



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/19 12:39 by BNSF-6432.

Okay, Lance, a nitpick.  This is not a true GP30.  It was rebuilt to GP39 specs by the BN and you need a roster to
tell who rebuilt it and what it's descended from.  That said, I call them GP30's too and this one looks really good!
And the ones that have been BNSF'd also look neat!  Thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

ntharalson Wrote: > ... Okay, a nitpick...

It had to be good ol' Nick with another perpetual-motion nitpick. Did you even see where I used the phrase "GP30-looking". All ya gotta do is READ...

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Kinda surprised the headlight is still on the cab and not relocated to the nose.

Lance, are you trying to fool our panelists with a look-alike impostor?   Paging Johnny Olson:  "Will the REAL GP30 please stand up?"   

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ntharalson Wrote:
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> Okay, Lance, a nitpick.  This is not a true
> GP30. 

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One thing I learned since I started posting in the Nostalgia area is that people don't comprehend what they are reading, are looking for some kind of debate, like to show off their "vast" knowledge, OR, just want to nit pick. Most of them have nothing else to post. You're doing just fine, and I enjoy the photographs you post

Bill Rettberg
Bel Air, MD

ntharalson Wrote:
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> Okay, Lance, a nitpick.  This is not a true
> GP30.  It was rebuilt to GP39 specs by the BN and
> you need a roster to
> tell who rebuilt it and what it's descended
> from.  That said, I call them GP30's too and this
> one looks really good!
> And the ones that have been BNSF'd also look
> neat!  Thanks for posting.
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA

Well to nick pick your nick pick, it is a GP39M which means a Morrison Knudsen rebuild. None were done by BN. EMD did the "E's" and VMV did the "V's".

Great Photo Lance..... It has a GP30 carbody which makes it a GP30. Who cares what the guts of locomotive have been changed too.

CS

Roadjob Wrote:
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> One thing I learned since I started posting in the
> Nostalgia area is that people don't comprehend
> what they are reading, are looking for some kind
> of debate, like to show off their "vast"
> knowledge, OR, just want to nit pick. Most of them
> have nothing else to post. You're doing just fine,
> and I enjoy the photographs you post

Yes, I've had a little taste of that nit picking stuff myself.  But I don't post much. 

IF that is indeed the ex L&N 1031, the BN did a great job of body work covering over the headlight in the nose. Back in the day on the L&N, the oscillating headlight was above the cab with the headlight in the nose. All of the original L&N GP30's were non dynamic equipped.
Spent hours running those units on locals out of Pensacola, Fl.

Steve Panzik
Chiloquin, OR

Lance,

Trade ya our Santa Fe GP30 for yours????!!???   (See these TO threads for pic's:  https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4657086,4657668#msg-4657668 & https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4639915,4639915#msg-4639915 )

Our SF GP30 looks out of place on a former NP branchline in Washington State, IMHO..


SP8100

Lance,

Regardless of all the posts referring to what that unit REALLY is, you of all people should know that it is NOT a "GP-30". EMD did NOT use the dash in its model designations.

ln844south Wrote:
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> IF that is indeed the ex L&N 1031, the BN did a
> great job of body work covering over the headlight
> in the nose. Back in the day on the L&N, the
> oscillating headlight was above the cab with the
> headlight in the nose. All of the original L&N
> GP30's were non dynamic equipped.
> Spent hours running those units on locals out of
> Pensacola, Fl.
>
> Steve Panzik
> Chiloquin, OR

Again, the BN didn't do any of it.

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CaliforniaSteam Wrote:
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> Great Photo Lance..... It has a GP30 carbody which
> makes it a GP30. Who cares what the guts of
> locomotive have been changed too.

Railroad Mechanical departments care about the guts.

So, as a GP39 (no dash) I assume it has been remotored with a 12 cylinder turbo 645?

Earlk Wrote:
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> So, as a GP39 (no dash) I assume it has been
> remotored with a 12 cylinder turbo 645?

Turbo 16-cylinder 567 with 645 power assemblies.



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Earlk Wrote:
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> So, as a GP39 (no dash) I assume it has been
> remotored with a 12 cylinder turbo 645?

The "39" was selected because they use GP39-2 electrical specifications. Dash 2 cabinets, AR10 alternator's and D77 or 78 traction motors. The prime mover develops 2300 hp for traction.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/19 06:04 by NYSWSD70M.