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5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad Incorpo
Model:EMD GP7Built As:ATSF 2799 (GP7)
Serial Number:17454Order No:5200
Frame Number:5200-7Built:10/1952
Other locos with this serial:  NOLR 2180(GP7) NOGC 2188(GP7u) MRI 2180(GP7)
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NOLR GP7 2180
Title:  NOLR GP7 2180
Description:  Badly-faded New Orleans & Gulf Coast GP7u 2180 (frame no. 5200-7) was parked in the New Orleans & Gulf Coast yard at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, along with Idaho Northern & Pacific GP16 1707. This unique purple paint scheme was applied by the locomotive’s previous owner, the New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad (NOLR). The 2180 began life in October 1952 as Santa Fe GP7 2799, was upgraded into ATSF 2180 in January 1980, and arrived on the NOLR in October 1994.
Photo Date:  4/6/2002  Upload Date: 9/24/2021 11:15:41 AM
Location:  Belle Chasse, LA
Author:  TOM BLACKWELL image
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NOLR 2180(GP7)
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