Sunday, July 22, 2012

Before & after

I started going to Vancouver, Wash. depot in the early 1990s.  Port of Vancouver had two of these GE 45-ton units stored in a shed next to Fruit Valley Road.  When Vancouver Plywood was demolished, the two were put back into service and one unit, I believe the 613, was sold to a place in Oklahoma.  The 614 by Great Western Malting until about 2-3 years ago.  It was parked for a time, retired and sold by the Port of Vancouver, purchased by Great Western, repainted and modified to allow remote control and now operates as shown below.

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  1. That engine came from the Abitibi paper mill in Steilacoom Wa.
    I loaded it on the truck that hauled it.

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