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Location: Portland, OR
Type: EMD F7A GN class F-3-7-AB
Series: 273A-274B
Built: 10-1950
Picture taken: July 15, 2002
Remarks: F7A 274B is owned by Doyle McCormack, is fully
operational and resides at the Brooklyn Yard
roundhouse in Portland, OR.
Location: Minnesota Transportation Museum
Jackson St. Roundhouse, St. Paul, MN
Type: EMD F7A GN class F-3-7-AB
Series: 448A-B-C-D through 456A-B-C-D delivered 1950
Built: 3-1950
Picture taken: July 18, 2001
Remarks: Unit was moved in the fall of 2000 from Bandana
Square (the former Northern Pacific Como Shops) in
St. Paul where it was on display painted in NP colors.
This unit has been stripped from its innards.
Location: Whitefish Depot
Whitefish, MT
Type: EMD NW3 GN class RS-1
Series: 180-181 (5405-5406 pre 1943)
Built: 3-1942
Picture taken: July 30, 2000 and July 20, 2002
Location: Lake Superior Transportation Museum
Duluth, MN
Type: EMD NW5 GN class RS-2
Series: 186-195
Built: 12-1946
Picture taken: July 2001 by Lindsay Korst
Location: Schenectady, NY
Type: Alco RS3 GN class RS-5
Series: 228-232
Built: 6-1953
Picture taken: By Joe Moltz
Heavy Metal Thunder Productions
Sykesville, MD
'Specializing in Rail Fan Videos'
GN SD7 558 (Cargill 6008)
Location: Cargill Elevator
Litchfield, MN
Type: EMD SD7 GN class SD-7
Series: 550-572
Built: 5-1952
Picture taken: July 14, 2001
Remarks: GN 558 was renumbered BN 6008 after the merger and
sold to Cargill on 11-09-1983. Wouldn't it be nice to see
this 'Cadillac' preserved in GN colors?
GN SD45 400 'HUSTLE MUSCLE'
Location: Carlton, MN
Pictures taken: July 15, 2001 on the GNRHS / NPRHA Convention
Steam Excursion with Milwaukee 4-8-4 #261.
Location: Minnesota Transportation Museum
Jackson St. Roundhouse, St. Paul, MN
Pictures taken: July 18, 2001
Type: EMD SD45 GN class SD-45
Series: 400-426
Built: 5-1966
Remarks: Hustle Muscle is owned by the GNRHS and is in full
operating condition. It can be found on many
occasions pulling hard for Great Northern fans.
Location: Minnesota Transportation Museum
St. Paul, MN
Type: EMD NW2
Series:
Built: 2-1948
Picture taken: July 18, 2001
Remarks: The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railroad was
owned by the Great Northern and three other
railroads. It performed switching and transfer duties in
the Superior, WI area for it's owners. It's engines were
painted in GN's Empire Builder colors and in such
were the last operating engines in revenue service to
wear Rocky's Robe.
To learn more about the LST&T click here.