Cape Cod Senic Railroad FP10 #4033 6-3-23
Sitting in the Yard of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum is Locomotive #4033. While this EMD FP10 appears to be a Seaboard Air Line Locomotive, it is actually a former Gulf Mobile And Ohio Unit. Built in 1945 as F3A #800, it was one of 32 on the GM&O Roster. Later it was renumbered as the #800A before it was sent to the Illinois Central Gulf's Paducah, Kentucky Shops for a rebuild in the late 1970s. At Paducah the Engine was given new full length stainless steel air intake grilles, a 480V Head End Power Generator, Dynamic Brakes and Red Marker Lights in place of the original classification lights. In the process of all this the Engine was upgraded to FP10 Standards. After the rebuild it was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Commuter Service out of Boston. On the MBTA it was numbered the 1101. In the early 1990s the Engine was sold to the Cape Cod Scenic Railroad for Excursion Service before the Museum acquired it in 2003 and had it repainted to resemble an SAL Locomotive. Video from my visit: youtu.be/VisfxPXJtO4
Cape Cod Senic Railroad FP10 #4033 6-3-23
Sitting in the Yard of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum is Locomotive #4033. While this EMD FP10 appears to be a Seaboard Air Line Locomotive, it is actually a former Gulf Mobile And Ohio Unit. Built in 1945 as F3A #800, it was one of 32 on the GM&O Roster. Later it was renumbered as the #800A before it was sent to the Illinois Central Gulf's Paducah, Kentucky Shops for a rebuild in the late 1970s. At Paducah the Engine was given new full length stainless steel air intake grilles, a 480V Head End Power Generator, Dynamic Brakes and Red Marker Lights in place of the original classification lights. In the process of all this the Engine was upgraded to FP10 Standards. After the rebuild it was sold to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Commuter Service out of Boston. On the MBTA it was numbered the 1101. In the early 1990s the Engine was sold to the Cape Cod Scenic Railroad for Excursion Service before the Museum acquired it in 2003 and had it repainted to resemble an SAL Locomotive. Video from my visit: youtu.be/VisfxPXJtO4