GA 1678         
Remote-controlled switcher working at the steel mini-mill south of St. Paul on Hwy 61.
Date: 9/10/2005 Location: Newport, MN   Map Show Newport on a rail map Views: 838 Collection Of:   Ted Blank
Locomotives: GA 1678(SW9)    Author:  Ted Blank
GA 1678
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Switchers in the Upper Midwest
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Mike Woodruff General Should be an SW9, EMD serial 16742, blt 12.52, frame 4194-1 built as PRR 8523 to PRR 9123:2, to PC 9123, to CR 9123, to NSS 1678C, to Ameristeel GA 1678. The number 1678, by the way, comes from the street address of the plant. They have had two switchers with this number; the other one was ex-Soo 324. 2/12/2006 9:59:09 PM
Lon Coone General This is a Steel company in Minnesota, This is NOT a Georgia Railroad locomotive, never was. 8/2/2010 9:26:10 PM

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