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Post by icghogger on Feb 8, 2013 15:51:41 GMT -5
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railway GP7 #752 at LaGrange, Illinois. 
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway GP7 #720 at LaGrange, Illinois.  Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway GP7 #718 at Paducah, Kentucky.  Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway GP7 #750 at Whiteville, Tennessee.  Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway at GP7 #750 at Lexington, Tennessee.  |
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Post by jmlaboda on Feb 9, 2013 7:18:43 GMT -5
The NC was quite unique, given the ownership by the L&N. They operated with great autonomy even to the point of how their locomotives were painted, though some coordination as far as passenger cars was evident... though even as far as how the modernized a number of their heavyweights (which received a lightweight car profile when rebuilt) while the L&N was satisfied with just changing windows. And let us not forget that the NC had some of the most unique GP7s ever built... rr-fallenflags.org/ln/ln492amg.jpgrr-fallenflags.org/ln/ln495dsa.jpg |
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Post by oldrail on Feb 10, 2013 5:17:55 GMT -5
Anyone notice (shot of it running long hood first) 750 does not have MU?
Dick Haave
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Post by icghogger on Feb 10, 2013 10:33:47 GMT -5
Dick, those GP's were ordered for use on passenger trains (you can see the steam line connection next to the coupler), like the "City of Memphis", and were not originally intended for MU service.
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Post by MitchGDRMCo on Feb 27, 2013 5:18:34 GMT -5
Was wondering why they have the Blombergs and not the switcher bogies the other Geeps have.
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Post by jmlaboda on Feb 27, 2013 15:03:45 GMT -5
"Was wondering why they have the Blombergs and not the switcher bogies the other Geeps have."
If you are referirng to the passenger GPs its rather simple really... the AAR-A switcvher trucks were limited, due to their design, in regards to how fast they were allowed to go (some roads imposing a 25 m.p.h. speed limit on units so equipped). Also, the reason some GP7s (GP7L, "L" for "Lightweight") units had them was because they were lighter than Bloomberg trucks, allowing for the GP7Ls to be used on branchlines that had lighter rail and bridge tonage ratings.
I remember at the age of 13 seeing three of these units in use on a branchline of the L&N... the only time I ever encountered the units. Thought they were interesting to say the least.
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