Baldwin advertisment
VO1000
c/n 64211, b/d 10/1941
- built for the Great Northern as #5332
- renumbered 132
- sold for scrap 1960
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Baldwin advertisment |
5332(132) VO1000 c/n 64211, b/d 10/1941 - built for the Great Northern as #5332 - renumbered 132 - sold for scrap 1960 |
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141 VO1000 c/n 71944, b/d 9/1944 - built for the Great Northern as #141 - sold for scrap 1963 |
"The photo appears to have been taken at the GN Minneapolis Jct, MN engine
facility where it must have been sitting in the dead-line.
It's believed that
the VO1000's 'never' ventured away from the Twin Cities during their lives." Thanks to the www.greatnorthernempire.net  for this info
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 photo by: Unknown - collection of Mark Laundry |
142 VO1000 c/n 71945, b/d 8/1944 - built for the Great Northern as #142 - frame used to build GN Transfer caboose X-177, 1964 note: GN built four transfer cabooses on VO1000 frames, see roster below |
 photo by: William A. Swartz - collection of Mark Laundry Minneapolis, MN - June 26, 1955 |
26 S12 c/n 75820, b/d 2/1953 - built for the Great Northern as #26 - to Erie Mining Company for parts, 1960's - scrapped late 60's |
| GN caboose number | BN caboose number | date converted | GN locomotive number | construction number | builder's date | notes |
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| X-177(X-332) | 11471 | 7/24/1964 | 142 | 71945 | 08/1944 | |
| X-178(X-333) | 11472 | 5/6/1964 | 5338(138) | 70109 | 12/1943 | |
| X-179(X-334) | 11473 | 5/6/1964 | 140 | 71943 | 08/1944 | |
X-180(X-335)  |
11474 | 7/24/1964 | 5337(137) | 69785 | 11/1943 | donated to the West Coast Railway Association in 1987, currently at the Railway Museum of British Columbia, see cover of the WCRA Sept. 2017 newsletter |