Nostalgia & History > A Couple of Anything (182) - C&NW

C&NW 4341 (Ex-Quebec North Shore and Labrador/General Motors Diesel Division GP9) is in Oelwein, Iowa on August 14, 1976.
1.) Roster
2.) In a lashup
Bob



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Nice shot and catch.
I wondered what that paint scheme was.
Gary

 Wow---I've never seen anything like that before! Thanks for posting these unique photos!!

Oelwein from the good old days.  Nice stuff!

#4341 - Nice Catch.  Two photos show #4341 from different perspectives plus the two B Units are a nice extra.
If you wondered what a NYO&W GP might have looked like, just imagime O&W heralds on #4341.
Thanks for posting these excellent photos of interesting subjects.
ALLEN

I remember when the QNS&L units arrived at the CNW, they went through my home town
enroute to Oelwein.  The units were dead in tow, and filled the passing siding (about 2,200 feet).
The train was too heavy to make the hill with the dead units, and they were in the first cut brought
to the hilltop and set out to allow the running units to return for the second cut.  It was quite a sight,
and highly unusual on the "Alco Line" (Winona, MN to Rapid City, SD).  Within a few months, the
EMDs were being seen where solid consists of Alcos were the rule for many years.