28239 - 70 Ton Switcher

 OSR 4 - GE 70 Ton Switcher

Number

Type

Description

Built

Previous Road

Date Acquired

Acquired From

WCR 1556

Diesel-Electric

GEX ????

built for Saratoga & Schuylerville Railway

Req. ?-?????

70 Ton Diesel-Electric Locomotive

CLASS B-B-140/140-4GE748

Serial No. 28239

600 hp Switcher, re-engined in 1983 with a Cummins diesel

2nd 70 Ton built

Number of units built - 238

 

Built 10/46

Saratoga & Schuylerville No.11

1954 Claremont & Concord Railway No.11

1957 Montpelier & Barre RR No.23

Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington No.23

11/7/1960 New York City Transit Authority

MTA 13 - 1961 MTA 20009 - 1966 MTA 13

11/1981 George R. Silcott (Dealer)

11/1981 Thurso Pulp & Paper

11/1981 Thurso & Nation Valley No.13

7/1990 Don Broadbear, St.Thomas, Ontario

Leased 7/1990 from Don Broadbear to Port Stanley Terminal Rail - No.L4

Leased 1994 from Don Broadbear to Ontario Southland Rail at Babcock and Wilcox, Cambridge, Ontario - No.4

7/1990

by Don F. Broadbear
 
In 1994 it was leased to OSR for use at Babcox & Wilcox in Cambridge (Galt), where it still remains in use.

Last modified April 28th, 2009