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[quote user="Guilford Guy"]Wooooooo! No more custom painting for me! [:D]Good luck on your locos Tyler, it seems everyone has been getting GE's lately... [/quote]Thought you might like that...[;)]I love GE U-boats, but they don't really fit in with the typical image of a shortline, especially one with my freelanced history...When the B&M line between White River Jct, VT and Concord, NH washed out, Guilford petitioned to abandon the line. The state of New Hampshire purchased the line and provided funding to open a new alignment over a route less prone to washouts. Consequently, the grade was much steeper. A new railroad company was founded to operate the line, called the White River Southern Railroad. A connecting shortline called the DDWH now operates the remainder of the line that was washed out on the East, and the line on the West side of the washout is currently abandoned. Start-up power for the WRS was a pair of ex-B&M RS1s, an ex-CN FP7, and an ex-B&M GP9. The RS1s were sold to the DDWH along with the remainder of the washed out line, the FP7 is currently stored in WRJ as a parts source, and the GP9 is still operating as 1701.Additional power came in the form of a GP9, and later an SDP35 (the steam generator was removed, making it an SD35 with a squared back) and a U23B. This is where the story gets a bit odd... For a New England shortline running an all EMD early Geep roster, buying an SD or especially a GE is very non-steriotypical. Most smaller railroads stick to one builder, unless they've had a problem with the other. Plus, the SD doesn't make sense. The leap from a GP7/9 to an SD35 is huge. They either got a really good deal, or needed a lot of tractive effort all of a sudden! The GE doesn't fit either... Must've been a good deal! Incidentally, both of the model locos were really good deals, which is which I purchased them. Anyone got a backstory for the SD and/or GEs?
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