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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
1/24/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Grand Trunk Western
Model:EMD GP9Built As:GTW 1765 (GP9)
Serial Number:19679Order No:5343
Frame Number:5343-15Built:8/1954
Other locos with this serial:  GTW 4441(GP9) SLR 60(GP9)
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Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  Train 562 has left the Palmer yard and is heading south to a block swap at Monson
Photo Date:  11/18/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 4:13:02 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4441(GP9) CV 4548(GP9) CV 4926(GP9) CV 4450(GP9) CV 4924(GP9) CV 3614(GP18)
Views:  1163   Comments: 1
Across the valley
Title:  Across the valley
Description:  The CV follows the Chicopee River for a distance out of Palmer. The road is on the other side of the valley. I was able to get this shot from a clear spot, getting this panoramic view of the valley and the six units on train 562.
Photo Date:  11/18/1986  Upload Date: 12/27/2014 4:19:34 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4441(GP9) CV 4548(GP9) CV 4926(GP9) CV 4450(GP9) CV 4924(GP9) CV 3614(GP18)
Views:  859   Comments: 1
GP 9s
Title:  GP 9s
Description:  A set of six GP 9s leads train 562 south under Stafford Hollow Rd in Monson Mass. This was typical power for that era.
Photo Date:  11/18/1986  Upload Date: 6/10/2012 1:58:55 AM
Location:  Monson, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  GTW 4441(GP9) CV 4548(GP9) CV 4926(GP9) CV 4450(GP9) CV 4924(GP9) CV 3614(GP18)
Views:  1291   Comments: 3
Ready power
Title:  Ready power
Description:  The line up of power to go north this evening is sitting in the yard, ready to go. Those 567s#must have made quite a sound when they started.
Photo Date:  3/23/1987  Upload Date: 4/21/2015 1:42:19 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CV 4447(GP9) GTW 4441(GP9) CN 9410(GP40-2LW) CV 4445(GP9) CV 4442(GP9) CN 9400(GP40-2LW)
Views:  1178   Comments: 1


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