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Owner: Wiregrass Central Railroad. Incorporated
Model:EMD GP40Built As:IC 3023 (GP40)
Serial Number:31457Order No:5697
Frame Number:5697-17Built:1/1966
Notes:Former IC unit
Other locos with this serial:  OHCR 3253(GP40) CRLX 253(GP40) IC 3023(GP40) WGCR 3023(GP40) CR 253(GP40)
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The start up of the AGLF in Albany featured a handfull of red painted units from the Wiregrass Central operation in Alabama and new secondhand GP10 units from IC still waiting on G&O decals.  This would mark a change in paint scheme from red to black and
Title:  The start up of the AGLF in Albany featured a handfull of red painted units from the Wiregrass Central operation in Alabama and new secondhand GP10 units from IC still waiting on G&O decals. This would mark a change in paint scheme from red to black and
Description:  Photos by Glenn Marsh and part of his collection
Photo Date:  6/20/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2010 6:04:46 PM
Location:  Albany, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  WGCR 1026(GP7) WGCR 3023(GP40) AGLF 8104(GP10)
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Start up power on the Wiregrass Central included a newly painted and very red ex IC GP40 and several ex SP and Chessie GP units.
Title:  Start up power on the Wiregrass Central included a newly painted and very red ex IC GP40 and several ex SP and Chessie GP units.
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Photo Date:  6/20/1989  Upload Date: 8/18/2010 2:26:16 PM
Location:  Enterprise, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  WGCR 3023(GP40) WGCR 3832(GP9R)
Views:  672   Comments: 0
Even I manage a classic shot once in every hundred or so exposures.  WGCR start up power has tied down for the day at the old block agency on the west side of town.  The old semaphores are still in place.
Title:  Even I manage a classic shot once in every hundred or so exposures. WGCR start up power has tied down for the day at the old block agency on the west side of town. The old semaphores are still in place.
Description:  The units are sitting about a mile east of the end of the line.
Photo Date:  6/20/1989  Upload Date: 8/18/2010 2:26:05 PM
Location:  Enterprise, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  WGCR 3832(GP9R) WGCR 3023(GP40)
Views:  642   Comments: 0
Wiregrass Central GP40 #3023 is on hand for the start up of the third major Claussen shortline, the Atlantic and Gulf.  G&O Railways shipped several WGCR units over from Enterprise, AL to start the former CSX branch from Thomasville, GA to Albany, GA.
Title:  Wiregrass Central GP40 #3023 is on hand for the start up of the third major Claussen shortline, the Atlantic and Gulf. G&O Railways shipped several WGCR units over from Enterprise, AL to start the former CSX branch from Thomasville, GA to Albany, GA.
Description:  Photos by Glenn Marsh and part of his collection
Photo Date:  6/20/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2010 6:04:47 PM
Location:  Albany, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  WGCR 3023(GP40)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
WGCR 3023
Title:  WGCR 3023
Description:  In 1990, a GP40 was big power for a tiny shortline in rural Alabama. Here we see 3023 after a fresh coat of paint. Unfortunately the life of this locomotive was considerably short on the G&O. After a brief stint on the Wiregrass Central and a some mechanical and electric issues, she went to Florida to receive some rework. She made one final apperance for the startup of the Altantic & Gulf shortline in Georgia before being sold off. From what I understand this locomotive lives on and serves another shortline in Ohio.
Photo Date:  4/10/1990  Upload Date: 9/17/2013 10:41:24 PM
Location:  Opp, AL
Author:  Unknown
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Locomotives:  WGCR 3023(GP40) AFLR 6011(GP9)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
WGCR 3023 AT KUSTOM KAR
Title:  WGCR 3023 AT KUSTOM KAR
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Photo Date:  10/20/1990  Upload Date: 2/17/2012 7:11:56 AM
Location:  Green Cove Springs, FL
Author:  BILL CASWELL SR
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Locomotives:  WGCR 3023(GP40)
Views:  478   Comments: 0


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