When in Rome...
"You know they're switching up at Rome right now, right?" These were the words of a man who referred to himself as "Fox," who spoke with me as I was in South Haven, KS photographing the power there. "Uhh, no? Where is that, and how quickly can I get there," I replied?
Here, the EWLX 815, a 1963-vintage GP30 works its way back south to the elevator at Rome, KS after shoving a cut of cars up the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railway mainline to the north. This ex-ATSF line operates between Blackwell, OK and Wellington, KS, and the GP30 was built for the CNW, before going to the Fox River Valley & Western, and later the Wisconsin Central.
In talking with my dad, I honestly think that the last unrebuilt 30 I ever saw running outside of a museum WAS on the WC in Fon du Lac, WI in the late 90's. There certainly aren't many of them out there, let alone in WC paint.
When in Rome...
"You know they're switching up at Rome right now, right?" These were the words of a man who referred to himself as "Fox," who spoke with me as I was in South Haven, KS photographing the power there. "Uhh, no? Where is that, and how quickly can I get there," I replied?
Here, the EWLX 815, a 1963-vintage GP30 works its way back south to the elevator at Rome, KS after shoving a cut of cars up the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railway mainline to the north. This ex-ATSF line operates between Blackwell, OK and Wellington, KS, and the GP30 was built for the CNW, before going to the Fox River Valley & Western, and later the Wisconsin Central.
In talking with my dad, I honestly think that the last unrebuilt 30 I ever saw running outside of a museum WAS on the WC in Fon du Lac, WI in the late 90's. There certainly aren't many of them out there, let alone in WC paint.