US Army B1674
Letterkenny Army Depot
Date:
2/14/2007
Location:
Chambersburg, PA
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Collection Of:
BOB WICKES
Locomotives:
USAX 1674(80Tonner)
Author:
BOB WICKES
Picture Categories: Roster
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William Grimes
General
This is USAX 1674, a GE 80-Tonner.
3/8/2007 7:21:47 PM
Tim Moriarty
General
During a visit in September 1996 the local rail crew said they added the B to the number because they thought all locomotives were supposed to have a B prefix on the number. Previously they had two MRS1s (the ones donated to the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum and later scrapped on site) which were numbered B2044 and B2052. The B indicated the locomotive was equipped with a boiler for providing steam heat to passenger cars. The crew was unaware of this and they continue to slap a B onto locomotives that arrive at the depot.
2/7/2013 1:51:07 PM
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