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40' PS-1 Boxcar
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C-424 #311
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RS-2 #304
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LR&W on the GB&W
One Bay Open Hopper
Homer E. McGee #312
No. 4 at Amherst Junction
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#320 at Whiting
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C-420/424 hoods
Business Train
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#323 at Wisconsin Rapids
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Homer E. McGee
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Alco RSD 15 #2405
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GBW #312
Trio of Power
West End of Norwood
RS-20 #305
WC #308
#319 on the CALM
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Boxcar #1001
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GBW Gondola
605 Rediscovered!
RS-2s on the Move
Ex- GBW #308
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Car 54, Where Are You?
New Paint for #313
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GB&W Century 424 #311, built by by Alco in 1963.


Technical data from
the Alco C424
Operating Manual
:
 
Century Series 430
Specifications DL-640A
Class - AAR B-B
Wheel Diameter (In.) 40
Journal Size (In. ) 6-1/2
Track Gauge (Ft. -In.) 4-8-1/2
Engine Data
Speed (RPM) 1025
Horsepower, Traction (HP) 2400
Bore (In. ) 9
Stroke (In. ) 10-1/2
Cylinders 16
Capacities
Fuel Oil (Gal.) 2000
Lubricating Oil (Gal.) 250
Cooling Water (Gal.) 320
Sand (Cu. Ft. ) 28
Traction Motors 4
Air Brake Equipment 26-L
Track Curvature (Maximum)
MU Operation 30 deg.
Without Train 39 deg.
Weight
On Drivers (Lbs.) 256,000
Total Loco. (Lbs.( 256,000

 

Locomotive #311 was Green Bay & Western's first Alco "Century" unit.  It was delivered in the fall of 1963 after display at a Chicago railroad show.  This is an early version of the C-424 locomotive with intercooler access side panels and projecting rear number boards.  It was the first of four such units purchased by the railroad over the next two years.  These locomotives were the mainstay of the Green Bay Route's power during the next twenty years.  The units were typically run in groups of three on the trans-Wisconsin time freights.

GB&W's FA-1 #507 was traded in to Alco as part of the purchase.  The Green Bay Route was able to save about a third on the cost of the new engine by dismantling the FA-1 in their own shops.

Number 311 holds a place of honor among Green Bay Route locos -- it hauled the last train ever on Saturday August 28, 1993.  It was then sold to Minnesota Commercial Railroad where it worked as #311 until it was wrecked in 1996.

It is interesting to note that the builders photo does not show the Scotchlite checkerboard striping along the running board, nor a Green Bay Route herald on the nose. Since it was a display unit for Alco, the company wanted a clean appearance for the loco so they left the front herald and the frame stripes off so the unit. They were applied after the engine arrived at the Norwood Yard shops.

Other Builders Photos:

 
1963.09.
From the collection of Scott Janz.

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