Seaboard System GP40 #6648         
Seaboard System GP40 #6648 was built February 1969 as Atlanta & West Point #728 and later became CSX #6648. Unit left roster and was rebuilt into an RP40-2C by Morrison-Knudsen and became Virginia Railway Express (VRE) #V21
Date: 7/19/1985 Location: Grimes, AL Views: 505 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Locomotives: SBD 6648(GP40)    Author:  Bernie Feltman
Seaboard System GP40 #6648
Picture Categories: Roster This picture is part of album:  SCL/SBD (Black/Yellow) Alabama/Florida roster/still shots
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Name Type Comments Date
Roberto Alaniz General Nice catch! 7/25/2012 10:14:15 PM
TERRENCE ROBLE General SBD crudely painted over the A&WP and logo. 7/26/2012 12:13:47 AM
Eugene Cain General I have a shot of this Unit before the stuff was painted over!!! 7/26/2012 2:12:33 PM
Charles Burgess General Nice find; nice shot! 7/26/2012 4:05:40 PM
Chris S General Yes, ouch! I hate the simple yet classy original lettering crudely painted over; nice catch 7/26/2012 11:06:58 PM
Bryan Smith General I bet this one could tell some great stories. 7/27/2012 5:19:12 AM
Charles Stookey General Not an imaginative paint scheme but it's better than rust. 7/30/2012 3:46:51 AM
Bryan Smith General I wonder if this is one of the 3 former VRE units that are now wearing the orange/black GWI scheme and working in the area around Hilton GA, Dothan AL, or Panama City FL? Or maybe even making trips back to Grimes enroute to GWI's Abbeville AL branch. 9/17/2014 6:23:17 AM

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