Had a GM export locomotive shipped in from NRE…it is a GM12, on its way to Texas Industrial Terminal to be loaded on a ship.
Not sure where it’s final destination is…
Bit of trivia…the front of the locomotive is to the right in the photos…the side you are looking at is the conductors side, the engineer sits on the left (far) side, opposite from American practice.
Last photo shows you what kind of clearance you will find in older yards.
This is the yard where I work…
Now that is a beautiful piece of machinery.
RWM
West Indies is part of the Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, but those are British Lands I think, perhaps Dutch and others will have territory in that part of the world.
Is most of the engine weight rigged on the wheels or on the truck frames?
Ed
You must be good at walking sideways to work in those clearances.
Jay
Spokyone,
On the frames…its full weight is riding on the oak blocks you see, the wheels are about 2" above the deck.
These things are the equivalent of the GP7/GP9 everywhere else in the world, GM sold them to just about every country you can think of.
Jay…as long as I don’t stick my arms out it is fine.
This is between tracks 41 and 42…between 43 and 44 we don’t allow men to ride on the east side of cars because of the close clearance between the tracks in the curve…even skinny guys like me can get brushed off cars there.
It’s an Alco DL532B (RS8), rebuilt for West Indies Alumina in Jamaica. I have a picture of it at NRE in Dixmoor when it was still lettered for Korean National Railway. Incidentally, it was repowered with a 567 engine while still owned by KNR, which accounts for the hump on the long hood. See these links for its original appearance:
Ed, we used to have a yard with clearances like that closer in to the city. I had to walk sideways (now I wouldn’t fit no matter what!). The yard was torn out in the early 1980s, I believe.
Makes me more appreciative of how much ahead of its time Proviso was when it was built (and never since!).
Now I know where the phrase “the Ugly American” came from. [:-^]