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Nostalgia & History > Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand, MIDate: 09/10/19 05:09 Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand, MI Author: jkh2cpu It was a nice day in Durand and the train from Bay City / Saginaw
arrived in time to get decent lighting for the train. John.  Date: 09/10/19 08:01 Re: Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand Author: ntharalson I'd be curious as to the heritage of this engine. It appears to be Canadian, note the class lights and bell location, and possibly CN without dynamic brakes.. Was it repainted at some point?
TIA for a reply. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA Date: 09/10/19 09:11 Re: Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand Author: CPR_4000 While it has Canadian style class lights and handrails, the stepwells look like standard EMD. Maybe ex-GTW?
Edit: Railroad picture archives says it was built as "DVR 227" which would be Devco Railway (Cape Breton). https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Rail-Slide-Devco-Railway-Cape-Breton-Dev-Co-227-Victoria-Jct-7-1992-/303121190689 All the details match except the stepwells ... I suppose they could have been modified. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/19 09:15 by CPR_4000. Date: 09/10/19 09:51 Re: Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand Author: jkh2cpu Nick, the DieselShop (on the web) reports that
this loc used to belong to Ex-Devco Rwy 227. HTH. John. Date: 09/11/19 07:51 Re: Here's an old boomer engine on the Central Michigan in Durand Author: ntharalson jkh2cpu Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nick, the DieselShop (on the web) reports that > this loc used to belong to Ex-Devco Rwy 227. > > HTH. > > John. Thanks for this. I know about the Diesel Shop and don't check it regularly enough. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA |