A freight train lead by GB&W Alco RS-27 #310 passes PI Tower in the town
of Independence.
The railroad needed some power to hustle this train so they called on the
GB&W #310. The RS-27 was the highest-horsepower four-axle locomotives
on the market when Alco introduced it in 1959 and the GB&W used it to move
fast freights across Wisconsin on it 49-mph main line.
This photo of a freight train was taken on the North American
Prototype Modelers HO scale layout in Milwaukee, Wis. It is my Walthers
model, but Enginehouse Services
in Green Bay did the detailing and painting, right down to the recessed brake
wheel in the nose of the unit. GB&W #310 was the only RS-27 built with
that feature.
click on photo for an enlargement
Mark Mathu
photo
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