Friday, April 24, 2009

ex-Erie Lackawanna GP35s

Received the following via email.

What you get when you add a couple former EL GP35s to 'Chile':

http://ferro-railcl.iespana.es/galeria/chile/d-23.html

http://emdexport.railfan.net/samerica/chile/chile22.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrotren/3208346786/

http://usuarios.lycos.es/ffcchistoria/D23%20(20).JPG
"Engine D-2356 rail yards at the Port of Valparaiso. Photo by: R. Alfredo Navarro"

http://usuarios.lycos.es/ffcchistoria/D23%20(13).JPG
"D-2356 locomotive maneuvering carts loaded with container at the Port of Valparaiso. Photo by: R. Alfredo Navarro"FEPASA #2355, EMD SD39-2m, Co-Co, 2250 h.p. was EL GP35 #2582FEPASA #2356, EMD SD39-2m, Co-Co, 2250 h.p. was EL GP35 #2576

Of course, there is also one former EL GP35 still extant back here, stateside, and it is the most intact (hardly any external changes since it was delivered by EMD -- and worth preserving): WAMX 3524 was EL #2563:
http://www.barraclou.com/rail/eirr/wamx3524_2.jpg

In all three cases, "a long way from Port Jervis or Scranton"!