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Chuck Zeiler's Collection
 
5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Baltimore & Ohio
Model:EMD GP40Built As:BO 3684 (GP40)
Serial Number:32644Order No:7943
Frame Number:7943-1Built:11/1966
Notes:blt 11/66, to CSXT 6500
Other locos with this serial:  BO 3684(GP40) CSX 6500(GP40)
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B&O GP40 3684
Title:  B&O GP40 3684
Description:  B&O GP35 3684 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. There was a small service yard located just below Akron Junction on both sides. The rails the locomotives are on pass over the old B&O Cleveland line, which pass below through a short tunnel at Tower AY, located at the safety railings to the left. Fred Stuckman adds this:

From left to right in the frame: left two tracks are/were the Cleveland Akron & Columbus (CA&C/PRR/PC/CR), that's the line from Hudson to Columbus. The next two tracks, including the one the train is on are the B&O's New Castle Sub. Pittsburgh to Chicago. Finally, the track to the far right that diverges from the eastbound goes into the B&O Hill Yard and serves the coal tower. It looks pretty much the same today as in 1983, when you took that shot, except for the CA&C being completely removed. The track below the bridge the train is about to pass over is only active for summer tourist operations on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway. I have posted an album called B&O Boneyard, that shows how that area has changed. Also of interest might be the album called B&O Coal Tower. A third album shows the coal tower at night and is called Nightlife in the Boneyard.

Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 2/11/2010 12:21:40 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  BO 3684(GP40)
Views:  1043   Comments: 1
B&O GP40 3684
Title:  B&O GP40 3684
Description:  B&O GP40 3684 at Akron Junction, Akron, Ohio on March 4, 1983, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1966 (c/n 32644) on EMD Order 7943, it became CSXT 6500 and later was restored to B&O 3684 and donated to the B&O Museum.
Photo Date:  3/4/1983  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 2:05:39 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BO 3684(GP40)
Views:  881   Comments: 1


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