Throwback Thursday - B&O 4809

by Keith MacCauley   

GP38 B&O 4809 was delivered from EMD in September of 1970. Prior to leaving the B&O/C&O merger family roster No. 4809 would be renumbered CSXT 2109, then CSXT 9660. Post Chessie life the veteran unit would be conveyed to Locomotive Leasing Partners and renumbered LLPX 2055. Seemingly still active, the venerable locomotive would be acquired by GATX, rebuilt to GP38-2 specification, and renumbered GMTX 2636. Coupled GP38 C&O 4828 was also constructed in September 1970. It too would be assimilated into the collective roster as CSXT 2128. Post Chessie, the unit would bounce from Indiana and Ohio (IORY 3804), to Central, Oregon and Pacific (CORP 3804) prior to being acquired by CIT as CEFX 3804. Trailing GP38 B&O 4800 was constructed in August of 1970. It too would be integrated into the amalgamated roster as CSXT 2100, subsequently CSXT 9650. Post Chessie identities include LLPX 2047, GMTX 2678 and finally PTRA 2024, with a rebuilding to GP38-2 spec along the way. C-424 CP 4210 arrived from MLW in March of 1965. Stricken from the CP roster at the end of 1998, the Montreal born unit would be acquired by the New Brunswick East Coast Railway as NBEC 4210. In a strange twist, in 2008, No. 4210 would become a Canadian National unit; included as part of their acquisition of NBEC. Of little interest to CN, No. 4210 would be sold to Allied Equities Corporation in 2009 and renumbered ASDX 4210; most likely for the purpose of parting out.