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The fate of Norfolk Southern GP35

Posted by shawnee

on Tue, Jan 23 2007 9:03 AM

Is there any list of retirement or sale date of Norfolk Southern GP35s? They had a bunch at their merger, former Southern and former N&W. I think they also picked some up from Conrail (ex PRR)

Does anyone know of a listing of the fate of these engines? When did they get sold, or scrapped? I know NS only has one GP35 in current service.

Thanks!

Shawnee

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Posted by Railfan1

on Tue, Jan 23 2007 1:16 PM

Do you know the number of the one thats left. I can't seem to find anything on it.

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by Railfan1

on Wed, Jan 24 2007 3:53 PM

Yup, they are all gone......

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"

Posted by PBenham

on Wed, Jan 24 2007 4:35 PM

Railfan1 wrote:
Yup, they are all gone......

And they have been for a while. Judging by what resources I have at hand, I can say that GP35s have been off Norfolk Southern's roster since at least 1993. They sold a bunch of them to Guilford/Pan Am Rail in the 80's, and they are still active, with some retired due to mechanical failures. Conrail dumped their last GP35s long before NS and CSX did a chainsaw merger with Conrail!

Posted by shawnee

on Mon, Apr 2 2007 6:43 AM

I think a bunch of them were sold to Wheeling & Lake Erie. They have a nice fleet of GP35s.

Shawnee