First Michigan G&W engine

[StupidFlee​t]

OMG IT LOOKS TOO BUSY

[AARR]

Are they trying to confuse us with Grand Elk

[lemscate]

2019 sitting by North Yard enginehouse at Muskegon. Lots of tire tracks going by it in the snow. Must be more foamers around here than I thought..

[Raildudes dad]

All that white stuff on the ground in North yard, it ain't snow, it's ................ FOAM

[CAT345C]

This really isn't the first GW engine, I cant believe I forgot this, but Rail Link operates in Da UP at Port Inland and owns the SD20 things that are up there. They have G&W lettering on them so technically they were the first.

[Racer]

This really isn't the first GW engine, I cant believe I forgot this, but Rail Link operates in Da UP at Port Inland and owns the SD20 things that are up there. They have G&W lettering on them so technically they were the first.

I was just waiting for you to say that!

Why hasn't G&W repainted the Port Inland Railroad's fleet yet?

[CAT345C]

This really isn't the first GW engine, I cant believe I forgot this, but Rail Link operates in Da UP at Port Inland and owns the SD20 things that are up there. They have G&W lettering on them so technically they were the first.

I was just waiting for you to say that!

Why hasn't G&W repainted the Port Inland Railroad's fleet yet?

Prolly because they have no public access. Why spend money on corporate image if you don't go through the public's back yard. I'm not even sure if they have a shop up there.

[BerkshireKid]

Hearing thru the grapevine that the engine may look pretty but the mechanicals are rough and the floor is rotted though.

[AARR]

Hearing thru the grapevine that the engine may look pretty but the mechanicals are rough and the floor is rotted though.

Like putting lipstick on a pig

[Saturnalia]

Hearing thru the grapevine that the engine may look pretty but the mechanicals are rough and the floor is rotted though.

Like putting lipstick on a pig

Probably better than what they have now....

[GreatLakesRailfan]

Hearing thru the grapevine that the engine may look pretty but the mechanicals are rough and the floor is rotted though.

Could that be the reason it sat for quite a while at its previous home?

It sounds strange that G&W would send a junk engine out to one of the new-to-them RA roads if they're as on top of things as has been stated in other threads.

[12Bridge]

#2 on its way, HESR 3323, former CNNW SD40-2. Looks like all they did was put a HE logo on an older painted engine, as its already filthy.

[Standard Railfan]

Not an elk, its a deer, John.
Snappy paint job too I might add.

All elk are deer. Not all deer are elk.

[Old Hogger]

It looks like the plan is to get at least one repainted loco on each of the new properties as soon as possible to "show the flag" so to speak.

[J T]

This really isn't the first GW engine, I cant believe I forgot this, but Rail Link operates in Da UP at Port Inland and owns the SD20 things that are up there.

Dude, what are you talking about? The UP is another state. Sheesh.

[SD80MAC]

3323 has been lettered for Huron & Eastern and as of last word was in transit to the HESR. Recent pics of this engine show it still in patched UP yellow, so it must've been paint fairly recently. Not my photo (sent to me by a friend, not sure where it was posted originally).



Those G&W purists on Train Orders will be happy, they only put the H and E on the logo instead of the full HESR

[J T]

That's a fresh paint job?

And where is the 3064 going?

[12Bridge]

Its an EMD, half your horsepower goes out the stack, including its oil, the other half goes out the airbox drains.

[SD80MAC]

That's a fresh paint job?

And where is the 3064 going?

The 3323 was just in the consist of a Buffalo & Pittsburgh (G&W) train. The 3064 I believe is a B&P engine.

[GLLX3002]

Its an EMD, half your horsepower goes out the stack, including its oil, the other half goes out the airbox drains.

Truth right here, GP15-1 are terrible too. They love to spray oil everywhere!