What gave it's life for that conversion?
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It looks like something got much hotter than it should've judging by the paint at the top end of the long hood.
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| Posted by on September 22, 2013 | |
Another question to ask would be... why is the hood removed? If that's typical to perform maintenance, it's a major strike against this design.
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| Posted by Garrett on September 22, 2013 | |
I live in Utah- not far from Hill Air Force Base, where they rebuild/refurbish the fleet of Army locomotives, and this exact engine spent nearly 4 months there. There was a few times we didn't see it as we drove along I-15, but then it would reappear leading us to believe they were doing some work on it...who knows?
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It's been hiding in the shops for about three years. It came back this month in 2010.
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Oh, the Humanity! Interesting project - nice to see some ingenuity and character assuming this was done done strictly for political purposes.
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The unit began life as a CP GP9 #1544, which was later rebuilt into the CP GG20B #1704. The unit's complete history can be found here: http://www.trainweb.org/greengoats/bnsf/1205.html
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This has to be one of the most amazing photos of the innards of a gen set type of locomotive. Thanks Much Jeff For Sharing!
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Lots of info on this engine's story in the article below. Read into it what you will, but no one's ever accused Gov. Brownback of being a left-wing treehugger.
http://cjonline.com/news/2009-06-29/new_locomotive_unveiled
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