NPR 514
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (the Nickel Plate Road) #514
Owners: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad #514; Norfolk & Western Railway #2514; Norfolk Southern #2514
Builder: Electo-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation, La Grange, IL, 1958
Locomotive #514 rolled out of the La Grange, IL locomotive works of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1958, putting it near the end of the production run of the famous GP-9 locomotives ("GP" designates a General Purpose locomotive, and "9" was the model number). The Nickel Plate Road (NYC&St.L) was one of the last major steam railroads to switch to the new diesel-electric locomotives. (Info from the Steamtown National Historic Site website)
NPR 514
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (the Nickel Plate Road) #514
Owners: New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad #514; Norfolk & Western Railway #2514; Norfolk Southern #2514
Builder: Electo-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation, La Grange, IL, 1958
Locomotive #514 rolled out of the La Grange, IL locomotive works of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1958, putting it near the end of the production run of the famous GP-9 locomotives ("GP" designates a General Purpose locomotive, and "9" was the model number). The Nickel Plate Road (NYC&St.L) was one of the last major steam railroads to switch to the new diesel-electric locomotives. (Info from the Steamtown National Historic Site website)