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By:Kevin Painter
Dates:6/1/2014 - 6/1/2014
Album Info:At the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer. Dave & I went 1100 miles & it was worth every one! Took the Piedmont to & from Durham NC.
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CBQ 9911A
Title:  CBQ 9911A
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:05:32 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A) DLW 664(F3A)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
RDG 284
Title:  RDG 284
Description:  United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey sent the Reading painted F7A from their collection. Order #8552, build date October 1949, original owner: Chicago & Northwestern RR, #4074A, nee #424. NJ Transit acquired this locomotive from the C&NW in 1983 and utilized it as #424 primarily from Hoboken to Dover and Waldwick. It was retired in 1985, stored and donated to the museum collection in 1991. It has been restored to represent a Reading Company locomotive of the same type that operated through central New Jersey between Jersey City, Port Reading and points south and west
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:05:41 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  RDG 284(F7A)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:05:48 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4) RDG 284(F7A)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:05:57 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
DLW 664
Title:  DLW 664
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 4:49:52 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  DLW 664(F3A) ACL 501(E3A)
Views:  207   Comments: 1
DLW 664
Title:  DLW 664
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:06:06 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  DLW 664(F3A) RDG 284(F7A)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Color
Title:  Color
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:06:18 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
NS 4271
Title:  NS 4271
Description:  The Norfolk Southern FP9A units did the photo freight on Sunday afternoon. Here is some of the work done to the pair since NS purchased them from Kansas City Southern in 2006: Original rounded pilots recreated from scratch, previous HEP generators replaced with smaller units and rooftop piping was modified, rewired, but not upgraded to Dash-2 specs, under-floor air conditioning installed, cab signal and LSL installed, converted from clasp brake rigging to single shoe arrangement, radiators replaced with lead free mechanically bonded radiator cores with modifications to accomodate 6 inch cores, electronic brake with ECP and "LEADER" installed during winter/spring 2012. Rated at 1800 hp, D12B main generator, D77 traction motors, 57:20 gear ratio, 90 mph max speed. Both were built for the B&O with #4271 being released in August 1952
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:06:28 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  NS 4271(F9A)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
NS 20
Title:  NS 20
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 9:06:39 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
WAB 1189
Title:  WAB 1189
Description:  This is the last F7A built by General Motors Diesel Division, Ltd. at London, Ontario. Built in April 1953 on order #A487 as Wabash #1189, Class D-15. It was renumbered to 725 in 1960 and became Norfolk & Western #3725 in 1965. It was donated to the Monticello Railroad Museum by N&W in 1982. The full restoration was completed in 1992
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:58:36 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  WAB 1189(F7A)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
SOO 2500
Title:  SOO 2500
Description:  The Lake Superior Railroad Museum shipped this FP7A via BNSF & NS for a total cost of two dollars. It was built in 1949 as EMD demonstrator locomotive #7001. Soo Line bought #7001, and the other demonstrator locomotives #7002 & #7003, for its subsidiary Wisconsin Central. The 7001 was renumbered #2500-A, and #7002 & #7003 were renumbered #2500-B and #2501-B respectively. Soo donated the out of service cab to the Duluth MN based museum in 1986. The exterior was restored and repainted, and mechanical restoration was completed in the spring of 1995
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:58:50 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  SOO 2500(FP7A)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
SOU 6900
Title:  SOU 6900
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:01 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  SOU 6900(E8A)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
ERIE 833
Title:  ERIE 833
Description:  New York & Greenwood Lake sent Erie E8A #833 down from Port Jervis NY. Built on order #2027 in March 1951, rebuilt by Conrail in 1988 with 645 power assemblies, updated wiring, updated brakes & D77 traction motors but kept the original steam generators tucked in back. Ex-Conrail #4022, exx-Erie Lackawanna #833 was never equipped with HEP
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:08 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  ERIE 833(E8A)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
UP 949
Title:  UP 949
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:18 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  UP 949(E9A) ACL 501(E3A) WAB 1189(F7A)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
FTB
Title:  FTB
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:26 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
EMDX 103
Title:  EMDX 103
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/3/2014 8:19:35 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  EMDX 103(FTA)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
EMDX 103
Title:  EMDX 103
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 4:49:22 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  EMDX 103(FTA) SOO 2500(FP7A)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Streamliner Event Ticket
Title:  Streamliner Event Ticket
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:38 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
RNCX 1810
Title:  RNCX 1810
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:46 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  RNCX 1810(F59PH)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
RNCX 1810
Title:  RNCX 1810
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/2/2014 8:59:52 PM
Location:  Durham, NC
Author:  Kevin Painter
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Locomotives:  RNCX 1810(F59PH)
Views:  101   Comments: 0


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