Some Old Slides Rerun

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Remember when GP15's were new?
 

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I believe the 2001 is a GP28.
 

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Missouri Pacific. Great geeps.
 

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N&W(Wabash) is now a bike trail. Highest point on the Wabash is at Dumfries, SW of Council Bluffs.
 

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Check out the cars on the auto rack
 

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The 74 is in Geneva NE along HWY 81.
 

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Peeked inside the Oelwein shop in 1972.
 

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There was an old roundhouse at Plattsmouth, NE
 

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Rock Island U-boats always a crowd favorite.
 

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We had a decent variety of Rock stuff. Looking at videos on you tube i wish I would gone farther south to photo. But you can't do everything
 

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Blue
 

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What is the back story on the 4449 caboose hop through Greenwood, NE?

4449 was removed from Oaks Park in Portland, OR and restored in the old Hoyt St. roundhouse in Portland. After restoration and test runs on the former SP&S tracks along the Columbia River east from Vancouver, WA, it was run down to Roseville, Ca. via caboose hop. I was living in Sacramento at the time and got photos.

From Roseville it was run east on the old SP-UP Overland Route to join the Freedom Train somewhere in the Midwest. If I recall correctly, it could not be used to pull the Freedom Train on the East Coast due to tunnel clearances. The slides are probably from that run to join the Freedom Train.
 
You are correct Bill. They were running it east to meet up with the Freedom Train. It came back through the next year or 2 and spent some time in Omaha getting the drivers turned. They actually did it by assembling some kind of setup to cut the tires while they were on the locomotive. They drug the loco back and forth and cut off what they needed.
 
Continuing with more Rock
 

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