Nostalgia & History > A Likable GP20

CB&Q 908 in Galesburg, IL on May 15, 1964 -- built in 1961.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard

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Yes, that's very likable.  The Q sure had a nice paint scheme.

Yep, cute little bugger. Hard to believe a GP20 was big-deal, top of the line road power once upon a time.

I remember seeing my first low-nosed [Santa Fe] GP-20. It HAD to be a 20, because up to that point I had been used to seeing ATSF GP-7s only around Abilene, KS. And the hood parts were identical to my young eyes. I remember at my wise old age of 7 asking a Santa Fe crewman if that (GP-20 with the chopped down nose) wasn't one of the new atomic-powered engines "they" were talking about. Even when I got older I never could figure out just who THEY were. Probably some dialog my young ears picked up from TV...  ;^)

Lance/199

That was a sweet paint scheme but what a LOUD unit inside the cab!
JB

Yes, very likeable, especially when compared to its dirty sister on the left.  

Thanks for posting, Marty. 

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA