Nostalgia & History > 2 of Precision National Corporation

1. Precision National Corporation GP9 1508, ex-NW 1508, nee Wabash 452, built Sept. 1950, leased to Amtrak April 1977, sold to Amtrak 762 in August 1977  Taken June 16, 1977 at S. Lumber Street, Chicago, IL, my photo.

2. Precision National Corporation SD18 1811.  I think she is nee Southern SD24.  Can anybody confirm.  Photoed in Galesburg, IL on September 30, 1979 by Larry Anglund. 

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PNC 1811 was indeed originally a SD24 built for Southern as their 2509 and eventually renumbered 6311. CNW bought a number of PNC SD18M's that were rebuilt from SOU SD24's; 1811 became CNW's 6628. After working for CNW and UP (who did not plan to keep them long enough to be given a UP number), several SD18M's, including the 6628, went to work for a short time at Pacific Harbor Line; 6628 was PHL's first #40. I assume it went to a scrapper around 2004 or so.

Matthew