Washington, DC |
November 9th, 2014 10:21am |
Station Photo |
Switcher Gray |
General Motors Electro-Motive Division January 1953 |
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Montour Railroad Youngstown & Southern Railroad |
IS 135 Montour/Y&S 82 |
Digital Photo |
Canon EOS 60D |
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm f2.8 Zoom Lens |
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f13.0 @ 1/320th sec ISO 500 |
684-1361 |
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in January 1953 as an SW9 for use on the Montour Railroad and the Youngstown & Southern Railroad. Later owned by Inland Steel and numbered 135. It was later rebuilt with a 645E prime mover and is now known as an SW1000R. Amtrak eventually acquired it and numbered it 793. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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