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KCS 2027 GP38-2 "Belle"

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Posted by jrbernier on Sunday, December 5, 2010 10:49 AM

  Since it appears to still have the paper air filter box(were the turbo exhaust would normally go), I suspect it would be still have a non-turbo  645 power plant.  ex-CN GP40W and old SD40-2 units have been used for the 710ECO project in the past.  At least one of the GP40W(now GP22ECO-M) has the 710ECO Re-Power logo on the long hood.

Jim

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KCS 2027 GP38-2 "Belle"
Posted by Lyon_Wonder on Saturday, December 4, 2010 10:02 PM

KCS 2027 has been sighted with the "Belle" paint scheme.

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=113997

Somehow I think #2027's still a GP38-2 and hasn't been rebuilt as an ECO.

This GP38-2 was previously ghost white.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2275827

The newest photo of #2027 still as a ghost was dated 9/24/2010, so I'd say it was recently repainted.

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