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3/8/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Rio Valley Switching Company
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:PC 8091 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:72627-52Order No:72627
Frame Number:72627-52Built:2/1973
Notes:ex CSX, acquired by RVSC March 2022
Other locos with this serial:  CSX 2733(GP38-2) CR 8091(GP38-2) PC 8091(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
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RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2020  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 9:12:27 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
RVSC McAllen Hauler
Title:  RVSC McAllen Hauler
Description:  New gp38 in town
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 9:30:43 PM
Location:  Weslaco, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 9:30:49 PM
Location:  Weslaco, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description:  acquired March 2022
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 9:30:52 PM
Location:  Weslaco, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
RVSC McAllen Hauler
Title:  RVSC McAllen Hauler
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 10:02:52 PM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
Former Groce Wearden warehouse
Title:  Former Groce Wearden warehouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 10:02:55 PM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  215   Comments: 1
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 10:02:57 PM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  254   Comments: 2
RVSC McAllen Hauler
Title:  RVSC McAllen Hauler
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/17/2022 10:03:00 PM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
RVSC McAllen Hauler
Title:  RVSC McAllen Hauler
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/17/2022  Upload Date: 3/19/2022 7:18:45 PM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 2
RVSC Power
Title:  RVSC Power
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2022  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 3:47:35 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 5180(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  386   Comments: 2
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2022  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 3:47:42 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  340   Comments: 3
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2022  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 3:47:48 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5180(GP38-2)
Views:  357   Comments: 2
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/14/2022  Upload Date: 5/15/2022 3:47:54 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  336   Comments: 2
Rear end of RVSC Harlingen Hauler
Title:  Rear end of RVSC Harlingen Hauler
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/2022  Upload Date: 6/28/2022 5:58:55 PM
Location:  McAllen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/2022  Upload Date: 6/28/2022 5:59:11 PM
Location:  McAllen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
RVSC 2733 Rear
Title:  RVSC 2733 Rear
Description:  A Texas trip brought me to Harlingen, TX to the RVSC
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/21/2022 12:59:48 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Jeremy Diaz
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description:  The front of RVSC 2733
Photo Date:  5/29/2022  Upload Date: 6/21/2022 1:27:51 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Jeremy Diaz
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/2022  Upload Date: 6/28/2022 3:42:59 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  306   Comments: 2
RVSC Power
Title:  RVSC Power
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:18 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  321   Comments: 2
RVSC Mission Industrial Lead
Title:  RVSC Mission Industrial Lead
Description:  backing up
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:22 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 3
RVSC Mission Industrial Lead
Title:  RVSC Mission Industrial Lead
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:29 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  325   Comments: 3
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:33 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  303   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:36 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  319   Comments: 3
RVSC Mission Flyer climbing the rise
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer climbing the rise
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:42 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/5/2022 11:43:46 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  313   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:41:30 PM
Location:  Madero, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  294   Comments: 2
Approaching the xing
Title:  Approaching the xing
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:41:33 PM
Location:  Madero, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 2
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:41:36 PM
Location:  Madero, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  280   Comments: 1
Madero TX
Title:  Madero TX
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 9:41:43 PM
Location:  Madero, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2022  Upload Date: 8/11/2022 7:21:22 AM
Location:  Madero, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  299   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description:  switching ends after retrieving centerbeam flats
Photo Date:  11/29/2022  Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:26:12 PM
Location:  Sharyland, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 2
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description:  The other end of the flyer, the rear end is still blocking the xing and both the crew and I are receiving honks and one finger salutes
Photo Date:  11/29/2022  Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:26:23 PM
Location:  Sharyland, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5121(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/29/2022  Upload Date: 12/23/2022 3:28:05 PM
Location:  McAllen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
RVSC Harlingen Yard
Title:  RVSC Harlingen Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/29/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 3:48:26 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 4107(GP9R)
Views:  183   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 1:08:52 PM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 11:33:49 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5579(GP38-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 3
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 11:33:53 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 2
RVSC 2733
Title:  RVSC 2733
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 11:33:56 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 3
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 11:33:59 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 1
RVSC Mission Flyer
Title:  RVSC Mission Flyer
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2023  Upload Date: 2/3/2023 11:34:04 AM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5579(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  286   Comments: 2
RVSC Power
Title:  RVSC Power
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/5/2023  Upload Date: 2/11/2023 12:33:53 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 4107(GP9R)
Views:  296   Comments: 2
RVSC 2733 being serviced
Title:  RVSC 2733 being serviced
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/10/2023  Upload Date: 2/12/2023 4:51:36 PM
Location:  McAllen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  228   Comments: 1
RVSC Power
Title:  RVSC Power
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/12/2023 4:27:52 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5121(GP38-2) RVSC 5579(GP38-2)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
RVSC Harlingen Yard
Title:  RVSC Harlingen Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/11/2023  Upload Date: 2/12/2023 4:27:55 PM
Location:  Harlingen, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5275(GP38-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 2
Shortline at Sundown, Part 2
Title:  Shortline at Sundown, Part 2
Description:  A pair of RVSC locomotives bring a WB freight slowly into Alamo for distribution to local customers on this former MoPac line.
Photo Date:  2/23/2023  Upload Date: 3/2/2023 10:20:47 PM
Location:  Alamo, TX
Author:  Andrew Barlow
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Shortline at Sundown, Part 3
Title:  Shortline at Sundown, Part 3
Description:  A pair of RVSC locomotives bring a WB freight slowly into Alamo for distribution to local customers on this former MoPac line.
Photo Date:  2/23/2023  Upload Date: 3/2/2023 10:23:03 PM
Location:  Alamo, TX
Author:  Andrew Barlow
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5275(GP38-2)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Shortline at Sundown, Part 4
Title:  Shortline at Sundown, Part 4
Description:  RVSC 2733 works on the back end of an EB train headed back to Harlingen with 5275 working the other end of the train. The crew would pull of whichever locomotive would give them easiest access to the customers they were switching, then reassemble the train and head back toward their home base.
Photo Date:  2/24/2023  Upload Date: 3/3/2023 9:39:23 AM
Location:  Donna, TX
Author:  Andrew Barlow
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 2733(GP38-2)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
RVSC Rock train
Title:  RVSC Rock train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 12:07:27 PM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5180(GP38-2)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
RVSC Rock train
Title:  RVSC Rock train
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 12:07:30 PM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5180(GP38-2)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
RVSC Mission Yard
Title:  RVSC Mission Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 12:07:34 PM
Location:  Mission, TX
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  RVSC 5275(GP38-2) RVSC 2733(GP38-2) RVSC 5180(GP38-2)
Views:  156   Comments: 0


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