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Details of former Virginia Rail Express locomotive |
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A detailed shot of the long hood end of a former VRE locomotive seen on GWI's Chattahoochee Bay in Columbia AL reveal red marker lights and a circular vent on the end and vents for HEP equipment alongside the hood. This is the former V01 as evidenced by it showing through renumbering. |
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7/28/2012 Upload Date: 7/28/2012 12:26:13 PM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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VRE 2318(GP39-2) |
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605 Comments: 1 |
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Head on shot of former VRE locomotives |
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Looking head on at a former Virginia Rail Express locomotive, now owned by GWI and used on their various lines in the Dothan AL area, seen leading an empty Scherer coal train at Columbia AL, an odd outpost for such a move. Perhaps GWI will the storing the train on their lines somewhere. |
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7/28/2012 Upload Date: 7/28/2012 12:25:16 PM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE 2318(GP39-2) VRE V01(RP39-2C) |
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847 Comments: 1 |
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Locomotive information |
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Weights for former Virginia Rail Express locomotive on display on former VRE V01 now renumbered to 2318 and owned by GWI and working their various short lines in the Dothan AL area. |
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7/28/2012 Upload Date: 7/28/2012 12:29:08 PM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE V01(RP39-2C) VRE 2318(GP39-2) |
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645 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Odd sight |
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Former Virginia Rail Express locomotives, now owned by GWI and working their various short lines in the Dothan AL area, are seen on the head end of a empty Scherer coal train. I am not sure how many cars are in the train but I would estimate over 100 as they go out of sight before I can see the last car. My only guess is GWI will be storing this train somewhere on the system perhaps on the old spur that goes to the Farley Nuclear plant near Columbia. |
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7/28/2012 Upload Date: 7/28/2012 12:24:38 PM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
BAYL 2318(RP39-2C) VRE 2318(GP39-2) VRE V01(RP39-2C) |
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1458 Comments: 2 |
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Recent repaint |
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A recently repainted former Virginia Railway Express unit is seen in the Bayline yard in Dothan AL. Notice it is stenciled for GWI's "Hilton and Albany RR". Here is a photo right after it arrived and still in the VRE scheme: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3123297 |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:41:39 AM |
| Location: |
Dothan, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
HAL 2318(GP39-2) |
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723 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Former Virginia Railway Express unit |
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A former VRE unit is seen working at Hilton GA. GWI has designated these units as GP39-2's and they are seeing regular use on their Chattahoochee Bay subsidiary that operates between Dothan AL and Hilton GA. The crews report they are some awesome pullers and they have been operating as single units/ |
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1/4/2013 Upload Date: 1/20/2013 5:58:01 AM |
| Location: |
Hilton, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
HAL 2318(GP39-2) |
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578 Comments: 3 |
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Mixture of EMD power |
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A good looking mixture of EMD power in a iood looking GWI scheme is seen at Hilton GA in the CIRR yard. A former Virginia Railway Express unit leads while a recent repaint out of the CIRR shop at Cedar Springs and a rare SW1504 complete the consist. |
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8/10/2013 Upload Date: 8/20/2013 2:00:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hilton, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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HAL 2318(GP39-2) AGR 3362(SD40-2) LRWN 1542(SW1504) |
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856 Comments: 2 |
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Classic schemes |
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A trio of EMD's are seen in the Bayline yard at Dothan AL. The 511 is in the classic Bayline green/yellow while a couple of new arrivals from the Virginia Express RR retain their VRE scheme....for now. |
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11/10/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
Dothan, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BAYL 511(GP38) VRE 2319(GP39-2) VRE 2321(GP39-2) |
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817 Comments: 1 |
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Roster shot of VRE 2319 |
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Seen in the Bayline yard in Dothan is one of the new arrivals to the GWI roster. The VRE unit has been numbered to 2319 and classified as a GP39-2 by GWI. Most likely a coat of orange/black paint is in the near future. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:39:59 AM |
| Location: |
Dothan, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE 2319(GP39-2) |
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489 Comments: 0 |
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Roster shot of VRE 2321 |
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A new arrival from the Virginia Railway Express is seen in the Bayline yard in Dothan AL. GWI classifies these locomotives as GP39-2's and most likely this unit will soon get a coat of corporate orange/black paint. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:40:32 AM |
| Location: |
Dothan, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE 2321(GP39-2) |
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326 Comments: 0 |
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VRE unit at the CIRR shops |
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VRE 2321 is seen at the CIRR shops in Cedar Springs which usually means it is about to get a coat of GWI corporate orange/black. |
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11/25/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:42:38 AM |
| Location: |
Cedar Springs, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE 2321(GP39-2) |
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566 Comments: 1 |
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CIRR shops |
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An overview of the CIRR shops in Cedar Springs GA reveals an old sanding tower, a former VRE locomotive that is probably a few weeks away from a coat of corporate orange/black paint, and the old piggyback ramp from when the CIRR offered piggyback service. |
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11/25/2012 Upload Date: 11/28/2012 4:43:04 AM |
| Location: |
Cedar Springs, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
VRE 2321(GP39-2) |
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574 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Chattahoochee Bay local |
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A pair of recently repainted former VRE locomotives are seen at Hilton on the Chattahoochee Bay local. The trailing unit is fresh out of the paint shop on the CIRR at Cedar Springs. They are backing toward the old CofG mainline and will soon head toward Dothan AL. |
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1/21/2013 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 9:06:27 AM |
| Location: |
Hilton, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
BAYL 2321(GP39-2) BAYL 2319(RP39-2C) |
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832 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Chattahoochee Bay local |
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A pair of recently repainted former VRE locomotives are seen at Hilton on the Chattahoochee Bay local. The trailing unit is fresh out of the paint shop on the CIRR at Cedar Springs. They are on the former CofG mainline headed toward Dothan. The track in the foreground is the CIRR to Cedar Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/2013 Upload Date: 2/3/2013 9:06:55 AM |
| Location: |
Hilton, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
BAYL 2321(GP39-2) BAYL 2319(RP39-2C) |
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907 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Former Salt Lake City Southern unit |
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A former Salt Lake City Southern unit now stenciled for the Valdosta (GA) Railroad sits on the former CofG mainline to Dothan having just arrived from Dothan. The unit on the left in the GWI scheme is a former Virginia Rail Express unit. The trackage it is on is the CIRR mainline to Cedar Springs. The SLC unit, just out of the shops in Panama City FL, will continue east on the Hilton and Albany RR local. I understood it was headed for the GSWR railroad in Bainbridge. All the lines mentioned are part of GWI. |
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4/4/2013 Upload Date: 4/21/2013 9:00:44 AM |
| Location: |
Hilton, GA |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
BAYL 2321(GP39-2) SL 2207(GP7u) GSWR 2207(GP7u) VR 2207(GP7u) |
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928 Comments: 1 |
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The Chattahoochee Bay local |
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The CHAT local between Dothan and Hilton is oftenused to ferry locomotives between the mechanical shops at Panama City FL, the paint shop at Cedar Springs GA, and to Hilton to be forwarded on to numerous GWI lines in the area. Todays CHAT local has former Luxapella Valley GP38 trailing and enroute to the paint shop at Cedar Springs. This unit spent many years on the nearby GSWR. No doubt it will emerge from the paint shop in the corporate GWI orange/black. As to which road it will be stenciled for, it is anybodies guess. |
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4/17/2013 Upload Date: 4/21/2013 9:04:11 AM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
LXVR 2880(GP38) GSWR 2880(GP38) BAYL 2321(GP39-2) |
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821 Comments: 1 |
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Chattahcoochee Bay eastbound local |
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The CHAT is seen eastbound at Columbia with a former Luxapella Valley unit trailing that is enroute to the paint shop in Cedar Springs GA. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2013 Upload Date: 4/21/2013 9:05:22 AM |
| Location: |
Columbia, AL |
| Author: |
Bryan Smith |
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| Locomotives: |
BAYL 2321(GP39-2) |
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604 Comments: 1 |
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