Jack,
I realiized the CG units were on Blooberg trucks but had not relized the
2703 & 2704 units wth repoting mark SOU had them. I should have checked Diesels
of the Southern Rly.,first. I stand corrected and thanks for pointing it out.
Cheers,
Don MacDougall
UK.
--- In [email protected], Jack Wyatt <cjwyatt@...> wrote:
>
> <<
> Hi Guys,
> The "SOUTHERN" reporting marks SOU GP-35s all ran on Alco Trucks, albeit
> HI_NOSE. Some of them ended up on the W&LE I believe, and if memory serves a
> member of this group has a couple in the latters paint scheme. I saw the
> painted
>
> shells many moons ago at Timonium and that was my final push in to "S"Scale.
> Don MacDougall
> UK.
> >>
>
> Well, not quite all. Nos. 2703-2704 were built with Blomberg trucks.
>
> Also Central of Georgia Nos. 210-214 had Blomberg trucks. Like other
> subsidiaries, these eventually were lettered for "Southern" with subsidiary
> initials as the sublettering. Due to conflicts with N&W units, they were
> renumbered 240-244 around the time of the Norfolk Southern merger.
>
> Jack Wyatt
>
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