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Nostalgia & History > Not Many GE's Like ThisDate: 01/11/19 10:57 Not Many GE's Like This Author: RDG630 I always like the smootrh lines and one piece windshield of the early GE U25 series of road switchers. I never photographed many but here are a few of those photos.
1976 Allentown, Pa wesdtbound just after the startup of Conrail PC Enola Yard westend in 1971 Last photo at Buttonwood Yard near Wilkes-Barre, Pa 10 days before Hurricana Agnes in June 1972    Date: 01/11/19 12:40 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: PHall Well, maybe not that rare, SP and Santa Fe had a bunch of U25B's with the one piece windshields too.
Date: 01/11/19 12:40 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: ns2557 One of my favorite GE U Boats. Always looked for them when I was out and about. FYI for those who don't know, 2500 series U25B's were all ex NYC, 2600-2659 were ex PRR and the 2660-2685 were all ex NH ex 2500's on the NH. Thanks for sharing. Ben
Date: 01/11/19 13:30 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: LocoPilot750 The engineer on the 2600 is going to have that long 16 notch throttle pokeing him in the belly by the time he gets notched out..
Date: 01/11/19 14:04 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: wabash2800 Thanks for sharing, I always though the U25B in the New York Central scheme was pretty sharp.
Victor A. Baird http://www.erstwhilepublications.com Date: 01/11/19 14:55 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: gcm Thanks for posting these - very nice.
Gary Date: 01/11/19 15:11 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: JHF The Orange Empire RR Museum in Perris, CA, has an operating U25B with the one piece windsheld.
Date: 01/11/19 16:49 Re: Not Many GE's Like This Author: callum_out And then there was always this, my favorite non-resident GE.
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