Nostalgia & History > Oroville Dam Units

Anybody remember these GE units?

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I never saw them but I see you have the rare postcard they used to sell in drugstores.


Adam

U-25 C'ss which some of them went to the L & N.

And cars that went to Australia.


TCS - wondering how Down-under Dave is doing ...

SuperC Wrote:
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> I never saw them but I see you have the rare
> postcard they used to sell in drugstores.

That view has all the makings of a postcard by the late Henry W. Brueckman.

Also, how many units were lost in the tunnel collision and fire?

Africansteam

I can say I remember one of them. Will never forget that Kelly Green and Copper paint scheme. I got to crawl all over it at the ripe old age of 12, while in attendance of the Chicago Railroad Fair, late summer of 1963. GE also had a UP U-50-B there; I don't remember what road the U-25-B was on display. EMD had the GP-35/DD-35B/GP-35 demonstrator set for review. I know Alco had locos present, but I don't recall what - maybe a C-855?

Thanks for sharing a rare photo of rarer units.

Bob

ATSF100WEST......Out

Roster and dispositions:

http://users.inna.net/~jaydeet/u25c.htm

Scroll down to the Oro Dam units.

Oh, another reminder of something I should have shot but didn't<sigh>

drew1946 Wrote:
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> "Oh, another reminder of something I should have
> shot but didn't," said the Vice President.

Heres 8015 & 8020 crossing a bridge near Oroville.

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Should have known that there isn't a railroad around that you can't sneak past Bob! Thank you both for sharing these with us. This road gets my vote for having one of the nicer paint schemes...green, gold with silver trucks. For a long time, they kept the trucks clean too. I shot it once, but very poorly. Also saw it with my folks when I was heading up to Susanville to attend J.C. in 1964. Quite an operation.

Tom