GBW 315 leads train #1 out of Green Bay, WI in September of 1977. Fran Wiener Kodachrome from my collection.
Green Bay and Western C430 315 resting outside the shop at Norwood Yard in Green Bay June 1978. The 315 was built in February 1968 and served the GBW until suffering a broken crankshaft in 1986. T... (more)
An all-Alco road to the end, the GB&W purchased one C430 in 1968, the pinnacle of Alco 4-axle road locomotive design. Here #315 rides the turntable in Green Bay. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo
Bob Zwiers photo.
A GB&W Alco FA-1 meets the railroad's only C430 in their hometown. The "FA" is a parade float that was used by GB&W through the years.
The 315 has definitely seen better days. Sad to see a locomotive, full of local history, sit neglected for 25 years while rolling stock like the Eisenhower Train receives lots of attention.
Real and fake GB&W power sits on display at the National Railway Museum.
Green Bay and Western's lone C430 leads a C424 and train Number 1 west near Seymour in this shot taken by the late Fran Wiener. Photo is part of my collection.
Chased this train east from Dodge to Merrillan, nice to get their only C430 leading
Alcos! Once upon a time they were nearly everywhere and traveling railfans could write ahead and recieve a release easily and professionally. GB&W offered one for a full week! When shown to the... (more)
GBW 315 at the National Railway Museum in Green Bay
A rare view of the GBW C430 in service. The eastbound frieight waits as the local arrives from Stevens Point.
After picking up what the carferry 'Viking' had brought across Lake Michigan, rare C430 315 heads back to Green Bay with equally rare RS27 316! One of my luckiest railfan moments.
