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the number escape me right now but there was a gp 30 that was wrecked and got rebuild in the west burlington shops with a spartan cab instead of the gp 30 cab
bill ewinger
burlington iowa
From: BrianA <briannpman@comcast.net> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:41 AM Subject: [CBQ] BN Tribute to former Q GP30 964 I am currently working on a BN Tribute update for BN GP30 2241 which was built as the CB&Q 964. This is what I have written up for it so far. CB&Q took delivery of 30 GP30's numbered 940-969 in the middle of 1962. The 964 was built in June of 1962 and I believe was assigned to Lincoln, NE after delivery along with the other GP30's. At the BN merger it was renumbered BN 2241 and BN GP30's 2233-2254 remained assigned to Lincoln while the other ex-Q GP30's came west. There are a few BN GP30's I never got to see in my travels and the 2241 was one that eluded me. I saw some of the other "Lincoln" GP30's around Seattle on the BN at times as well as a few pooled on the UP. Other ex-Q GP30's from Lincoln would later be reassigned to the Seattle area but the 2241 was not one of them. In the late 80's BN's rebuilding program sent the 2241 to EMD to be rebuilt to a GP39E, emerging 7/89 as BN 2755 wearing the new whitefaced scheme. It was as the 2755 that I finally got to see this locomotive in Seattle on 9-5-94. http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=116294 At the BNSF merger the 2755 was renumbered to BNSF 2745 and is still in service wearing BN green paint today. I wasn't completely sure that the 964 was assigned to Lincoln when delivered. There are two photos of the CBQ 964 on RR Picture archives and both were taken in Illinois. Anyone know if Lincoln is correct? If there are any other corrections to be made to this report I would appreciate the info. Thanks. Brian Ambrose Renton, WA __._,_.___
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