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MILW GP20 #949 - Buffalo IA - Aug 10, 1984
Milwaukee Road’s Muscatine Patrol has completed its work at Buffalo, IA and is heading southward along the Mississippi River towards its namesake city. The power for the train is a pair of rebuilt Geeps. In 1969 the Milwaukee initiated a capital rebuild program to rebuild 54 of its GP9’s in its own shops. The rebuilt locomotives had their horsepower increased from 1750 to 2000hp and were called a “GP20” by the Milwaukee. Unfortunately, this created some confusion as EMD also produced a GP20 model, which is not the same as the Milwaukee units.
MILW GP20 #949 - Buffalo IA - Aug 10, 1984
Milwaukee Road’s Muscatine Patrol has completed its work at Buffalo, IA and is heading southward along the Mississippi River towards its namesake city. The power for the train is a pair of rebuilt Geeps. In 1969 the Milwaukee initiated a capital rebuild program to rebuild 54 of its GP9’s in its own shops. The rebuilt locomotives had their horsepower increased from 1750 to 2000hp and were called a “GP20” by the Milwaukee. Unfortunately, this created some confusion as EMD also produced a GP20 model, which is not the same as the Milwaukee units.