Seeking pictures of Weyerhaeuser GP9 #308..

[SP&SFan]

Hello all,

I am seeking pictures of Weyerhaeuser GP #308 for a book that a friend and I are working on.


Sincerely,
SP&SFan

 

[n.p.-dad]

Try contacting the people up at mineral, Wa...That is where the engine was scrapped at...Some one had to have taken pictures of it up there...This is the former OC&E unit that came up from the K-falls operation...former Great Northern unit...
I'll keep trying to find one though...
G. Durr

 

[weekendrailroader]

Last time I was up at MRSR, the nose was still there. I think it was being used as a shed or something.

http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=111583&stc=1&d=1296189870

 

[SP&SFan]

Neat picture of the shorthood of the #308 at MRSR..

Does anyone up at Mt. Rainier Scenic have a picture of it sitting there or being cut up there???


~Zachary Hastings

 

[weyco railroad nut]

not scrapped @ mineral

Try contacting the people up at mineral, Wa...That is where the engine was scrapped at...Some one had to have taken pictures of it up there...This is the former OC&E unit that came up from the K-falls operation...former Great Northern unit...
I'll keep trying to find one though...
G. Durr

Uh, 308 was scrapped on site in the Longview yard. I was there driving for Puget Sound and talked the scrappers out of one of the number boards, a strobe and a couple of electrical panels. (also got the cab card and prime mover tag)

 

[n.p.-dad]

Uh, 308 was scrapped on site in the Longview yard. I was there driving for Puget Sound and talked the scrappers out of one of the number boards, a strobe and a couple of electrical panels. (also got the cab card and prime mover tag)

Would love to see the engine card...and the number board....Also, did you happen to take a photo of them scrapping the unit out..???...
Thanks...
Gary D.

 

[weyco railroad nut]

N/a

I forgot, I got the headlight off the short hood too. I must be getting old. No I didn't get pictures of 308 being scrapped as I was too busy being pissed off at MANAGEMENT for doing it to begin with. You see 308 had just gotten a BRAND NEW PAINT JOB and looked GREAT! They put a window in the block a short time later and cut it up at Longview (WHAT A WASTE). I think I have picts of it somewhere. I'll see if I can find them.

 

[LoganTrackdog]

OK, I know this thread is old, but here you go!

Shot Sept. 16th 1976

From a 110,000+ piece slide collection comes this slide of #308.

Slide reads it's a GP35 EMD 1965 RB M-K 1974
Ex SP #7729 or ex SP #6626

This photo was shot by Alan Miller. Contact him for rights to use.

 

[LoganTrackdog]

After studying the pics, either the pic I have is not the correct locomotive, or that pic of the short hood/shed is off a different locomotive #308. Not the same hoods!

 

[JDLX]

LoganTrackdog- a total of three locomotives wore the #308 at Longview. The GP35 in your photograph was the first, followed by a slug, and finally the GP-9 at issue here (I assume you are after the GP-9, Zachary?).

History of the GP-9 (as I have it) is as follows: c/n 24085, built 1957. Originally Great Northern #723; to Burlington Northern #1796; to Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Klamath Falls, OR) #314. Transferred to Longview 1992, where it was re-numbered 3rd #308.

I don't think I've seen a picture of this unit as the #308 at Longview. However, Greg Brown did photograph the #314 in Klamath Falls back in 1991...it is tucked away behind WTCX #311, but its better than anything else I've seen...

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

 

[n.p.-dad]

LoganTrackdog- a total of three locomotives wore the #308 at Longview. The GP35 in your photograph was the first, followed by a slug, and finally the GP-9 at issue here (I assume you are after the GP-9, Zachary?).

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

Just a quick note...4 locomotives have used the number 308 at Longview...don't for get the sw-1500 #308... The last one to use this number...And Yes...We are Wanting very much to find a great picture of the GP-9 308...I have two black and white action shots of it, but no color pictures at all, and no roster shots either... Very Frustrating...
Thanks...
Gary D.

 

[Jon Bentz]

In this photo, the fifth unit in the consist is a Weyerhauser SW1500 numbered 308. Were there 4 units numbered 308 on the roster? Also, the other 308's sister 309 is the fourth unit.

 

[n.p.-dad]

In this photo, the fifth unit in the consist is a Weyerhauser SW1500 numbered 308. Were there 4 units numbered 308 on the roster?

Yes... at one time Three other units besides the Sw1500 were numbered 308...
1st=GP35(Former SP), 2nd=sw900slug, 3rd-gp=9(up from OC&E), and last but not least,4th= sw1500(former SP)
Hope this clears it up for you a bit...
Thanks for asking...
Gary D.
Vancouver, Washington