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Pictures of BRC 471
 
Owner: Belt Railway of Chicago
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BRC 471 (GP9)
Serial Number:24739Order No:8055
Frame Number:8055-1Built:6/1958
Notes:reblt 6/58, old b/n 14393 xGP7
Other locos with this serial:  DDDX 471(GP7) BRC 471(GP9) PVGX 471(GP9)
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Belt unit at the mill
Title:  Belt unit at the mill
Description:  An ex Belt Railway of Chicago geep sits at a grain elevator far from its original home in a second life.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:03:23 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  953   Comments: 2
Ex Belt Railway unit
Title:  Ex Belt Railway unit
Description:  The Belt Railway of Chicago got a lot of attention for its C424s, but it also had some EMDs. This one is now far from the Windy City, serving as a grain elevator switcher in Kearney.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:24:37 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  792   Comments: 1
Elevator jockey
Title:  Elevator jockey
Description:  This ex BRC unit was at an elevator in Kearny Neb. Grain elevators have meant new, and often long, life for retired road power.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2018 5:51:08 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  917   Comments: 1
Dwarfed
Title:  Dwarfed
Description:  This former BRC unit is dwarfed by the grain elevator it now works at.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/27/2016 4:29:25 AM
Location:  Kearney, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BRC 471(GP9)
Views:  717   Comments: 1

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