Recycled

  It's been about 10 months since I made a blog entry, sorry about that. But at 59 I've been doing some serious doctoring, which has kept me away & out of my cave.  Anyway I got to thinking about something that might be known, or could have slipped between the cracks (or the rails & ties).

The Great Northern Railway (GN) seems to have had a penchant for recycling or tinkering around with
their steam locomotives. Or was it a case of looking for the right balance, between weight & power.

This blog entry has taken me the better part of four months to compile & compose, as there isn't very much information on this locomotive class available on the internet. I've only encountered bits & pieces, and a few scraps of information here & there.

Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey".

2. "A rail journey pt. 2".

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2".

5. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's".

This is just a simple update in regards to the R Class 2-8-8-2. Since 24 Jan 2016 I have found several images to add to my collection.  * = Recently added.

Engine #'s

Baldwin built in 1925 (ALL 4 of the Baldwins)

2030 (1 Engineers side, 1 Fireman's side) *

2031 (1 Engineers side, 1 Fireman's side) *

2032 (1 in-service, 1 Engineers side *, 1 Fireman's side, on dead line *)

2033 (1 Fireman's side) *

GN built R-1's BLT. 1927; 9 of the 10 R-1's

This blog entry completes the 1950 listing of the Great Northern Railway divisions.

Here are the division corrections for this week.              * = Locations not found on the route map.　

Division            Location               Sub-Division        M-P　

As I mentioned last week I found flaws in my blog post of the 6-9th divisions. Those were more modern divisions. What follows are the 1950 Divisions of the Great Northern Railway.

* = Does not appear on Route map.

+ = see: http://gnarchive.com/accidents.html for details and reports. 1947 through 1969 not complete.

  I apologize for my absence in posting my blog entries. Shortly after my last posting in regards to the divisions (namely the 6, 7, 8 & 9th divisions) I discovered that they were flawed, What I presumed to be the proper divisions for the Great Northern Railway was indeed the recent divisions of the BNSF. This prompted me to seek the correct information. I had hoped to find a map highlighted or shaded for the different divisions.

Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey".

2. "A rail journey pt. 2".

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2".

5. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's".

Index

1. "A tale of three Bridges - New Jersey".

2. "A rail journey pt. 2".

3. "N.E. Pennsylvania pt. 3".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 1".

4. "Minot, North Dakota GN-BN-BNSF pt. 4 Post 2".

5. "Great Northern's Class R's compared to SP MC-1's".