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Washington, DC |
November 4th, 2014 8:04am |
Station Photo |
Switcher Gray |
General Motors Electro-Motive Division September 1952 |
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad |
GCS 1240 P&LE 1240 P&LE 8955 |
Digital Photo |
Canon EOS 60D |
Tamron (Canon) 17-50mm f2.8 Zoom Lens |
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f4.0 @ 1/50th sec ISO 200 |
670-0470 |
Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in September 1952 as an SW9 for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad and numbered 8955. Later renumbered by the P&LE to 1240. Acquired by Granite City Steel and retaining the number 1240. Amtrak acquired it from Granite City Steel and numbered it 798. Historical information about this locomotive provided by www.amtrakbythenumbers.com. |
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