Nostalgia & History > GB&W Alcos in original paint -- Neil Shankweiler

A very attractive paint scheme:

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Looking good!
Thanks for sharing these.
Bob

Looking good!
ALLEN

 Very nice!
     Does anyone know why the locomotives have two extra air hoses above the pilot? A guess would be for "straight air"  such as those used by DM&IR but I've never known GBW to haul ore jennies. Or were the extra hoses in place for possible snowplow operations?

The FA behind the 311 is lettered for the KGB&W. Nice.

ghemr Wrote:
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>  Very nice!
>      Does anyone know why the locomotives have
> two extra air hoses above the pilot? A guess would
> be for "straight air"  such as those used by
> DM&IR but I've never known GBW to haul ore
> jennies. Or were the extra hoses in place for
> possible snowplow operations?

I had been led to believe those were part of the MU system as some of the older units had air throttles, but am open to correction on that. Could also be to supply air to MofW equipment like dump cars or the Jordan Spreader.

I am certain it is NOT an Orinoco Straight Air System like the DM&IR used.

NZ