I was sitting in Poplar Bluff, MO this evening and at 6:59 p.m., a southbound train came through coming from the Chester Sub.; heading for the Hoxie Sub.; the train was led by UP 3158 and 4510, it was a manifest. Sounds oridinary eh? Well, look what what I saw…http://www.jefflubchanskycpa.com/CN805MONTREAL-JULY6-96-352846-24.jpg
something just like that…an old CN, GMD G-8, a 42 inch gauge roadswitcher, once native to Newfoundland. Now get this, three of them we’re loaded on OTTX general purpose flatcars. They were in a paint scheme that I thought looked like CN, they were numbered, in order, 3012, 3011, and 3013. Like I said, they were loaded on flatcars heading south, so if you’re in the Little Rock area tomarrow, look for these RARE locos, I got 2 photos of them, they will be updated shortly and I will post the links, please note that they are poorly lit night shots, but you can sure as heck tell what they are. As you can imagine, I was stunned and drooling, if it were a military operation it could be called: “Shock and Drool”.
NdeM had a number of these, possibly the very similar G-12, for standard gauge branch lines, although they were numbered in the 5900 series. You would expect that standard gauge units would be hauled on their own trucks.
I look forward to finding out what and why!
I think we have three of these still in working order in Australia, all on 5’3" gauge,
G12, units 3050, 3019, 3014, 3052 came through here last week…
On QTTX flats, 3050 was on QTTX 97766…
Got a chance to glance at the 3050…the EMD builders plate had been removed, and a new square aluminum plate installed beside where the original had been, only info I had time to get was the build date, 1958…
Got a few shots of them sitting in the yard.
Looks like a South American paint scheme…dark green body, yellow side stripe, silver roof, with a stylized eagle head on the side…standard guage trucks…
I cant find a thing on these units, although I can find lots of other G12 on the web…
Peter, any way you could send me a email address, so I can send you a copy?
Of all the people here, you seem to have a endless supply of rosters and such, and was wondering if you could help?
Could the units be 5’3" gauge? That would explain being shipped on flat cars. My data shows the Brazilian FC Mogiana as having G12 units numbered 3001 to 3030. The scheme sounds unfamiliar, but the new owner could be anybody with the right gauge. My list shows those units as 1957, but the order may have run past the year’s end. The Paulista also had 18 units, originally numbered 700-717, which might have been renumbered in the same series at some time. Otherwise Egypt, Israel, Iran or Mexico had standard gauge units, none originally numbered in the 3000 series.
Peter:
Although the NdeM G12’s (5800’s) were indeed built for standard gauge, it is quite possible that they were shipped on flatcars since their wheel bearings wouldn’t hold up at higher speeds. This is not an uncommon practice for shipment of small industrial locomotives in the USA. Also, since they are an export design, they probably still fit within the clearance diagram even while sitting on a flatcar.
NdeM also had G16’s (7300’s) and DL535’s (5900’s) for standard gauge and GA8’s (5400’s) for narrow gauge.
Paul
CN had two G12’s also. Aquired in the London and Port Stanley Rwy take over. Used them on Vancouver Island, retired and scrapped in the the mid-1970’s. CN also had some standard gauge G8’s that were mainly used in the Okanagan and the BC Interior.
