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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:9/21/2015 - 9/21/2015
Album Info:Caught this slow moving pair of Pioneer Railroad GP16's heading up a unit grain hopper train just outside of Argenta, IL.
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A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Title:  A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Description:  Ambling along near IL 48 were these two GP16s looking like two large yellow jacket wasps humming through the grasslands.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:16 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PREX 1607(GP16) PREX 1608(GP16)
Views:  437   Comments: 4
A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Title:  A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Description:  Both units were immaculate, not a speck of dust, dirt or grime on them.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:21 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PREX 1607(GP16) PREX 1608(GP16)
Views:  356   Comments: 3
PREX 1607 - Pioneer Railroad Equipment
Title:  PREX 1607 - Pioneer Railroad Equipment
Description:  The lead unit, #1607, is far from its original home as a Seaboard Air Line loco built by EMD as a GP 9 back in November of 1955.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:24 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PREX 1607(GP16)
Views:  480   Comments: 2
Lead "Yellow Jacket"
Title:  Lead "Yellow Jacket"
Description:  The striping on the nose definitely makes the yellow jacket allusion real.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:29 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Trailing "Yellow Jacket"
Title:  Trailing "Yellow Jacket"
Description:  PREX 1608 is also far from its original home as Atlantic Coast Line loco. Built by EMD originally as a GP7 in November of 1951, it was later rebuilt to the GP16 standard after serving several rr lines.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:36 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PREX 1608(GP16)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Title:  A Pair of GP 16 "Yellow Jackets"
Description:  The pair of GP16's continue on north with their string of covered grain hoppers.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:41 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  123   Comments: 1
The "Yellow Jackets" string
Title:  The "Yellow Jackets" string
Description:  The string of about 35 covered hoppers behind PREX 1607 and 1608 continue north.
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/2/2017 10:34:45 AM
Location:  Argenta, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  129   Comments: 0


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