by PRRGuy
I know the pennsy and the U.P. both had b-units of the GP7 and GP9 models. Are there still any around?
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PRRGuy wrote:I know the pennsy and the U.P. both had b-units of the GP7 and GP9 models. Are there still any around?The GP9B's on the PRR transfered to PC then CR to be used for a bit then striped of parts and scraped 8 remained in PC black and were remarked a 9th made it to CR Blue with a logo and number. As far as I can see from the conrail cyclopedia it looks like only 9?? were luckey enough to last as far as early 1980?
PRRGuy wrote:I know the pennsy and the U.P. both had b-units of the GP7 and GP9 models. Are there still any around?actually UP and Pennsy only owned GP9B's. ATSF was the only buyer of GP7B's, with a total of 5 such units being built. None of these units exist in B unit for anymore. All of the former Pennsy GP9's were eventually sold for scrap by Conrail. Some of the UP GP9B's were aquired by ICG and rebuilt as cab equiped GP10's during the late 1970's. Several if not all 5 of the ATSF GP7B's were later rebuilt by that railroad as cab equiped units, most if not all upgraded to GP9 specs as well.