Always thought the 254 was ex-FEC....turns out it was ex-SP 6370.....I tried to catch these wagons that C&NW bought from other RR's back in the 70's while I was on my layovers at Lacrosse,WI.but was rarely lucky enough. I did catch the QNS&L GEEPS heading for Oelwein a few times during the same period as we'd pass them on Amtrak between Tunnel City and Lacrosse when they were on C&NW 495. I was always fascinated by the Nathan 5 chime whistles that a lot of these old units had.
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Thank you for sharing this picture, I own one of the builders plates off of the 254. I bought it because the Espee is my favorite road, but it's also great to see pictures of this locomotive in its CNW livery.
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Great catch, and comments from today. Seems we must all pay attention to old locomotives and their fading runs/scenes now before they are gone. I took these scenes for granted as a teenager back then.
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