This locomotive was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1963 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe G{30 1281, later renumbered ATSF 3281, and even later to ATSF 2781. With the merger of the ATSF and Burllngton Northern, it became BNSF 2430. It was later sold to Larry’s Truck Electric as LTEX 2430, then was sold by them to Reading Blue Mountain & Northern, as seen here in the Port Clinton Junction locomotive shop, as TBMN 2530.
(Port Clinton, Pennsylvania – September 26, 2025). Photographed on railroad property with permission and full PPE.
