[GL][T-107] GE's Oddball Engines.. The Unsuccessful C39-8 and B39-8 Techni-Toaster Locomotives..

Despite the success of General Electric's Dash-8 diesel locomotive line, there were a few outcasts in the lineup.. The C39-8 and B39-8 were two locomotive models that never quite fit the bill....


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627 - Hallstead (Dragging Equipment Detector)
629-631 New Milford (Siding)
643 - Kingsley (Dragging Equipment Detector)
648-650 Hop Bottom (10,000 ft. siding)
653 - Nicholson & the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct
657 - Factoryville
659-661 Dalton (10,000 ft. siding)
662 - Glenburn (Dragging Equipment Detector)
664 - Clark’s Summit
671 - Steamtown Wye (Bridge Sixty)
672 - Taylor Yard (North end)
673 - Taylor Yard (South end)
677 - (Dragging Equipment Detector)
679 - Dupont Junction (End Sunbury Line, begin River Line)
692 - Buttonwood (Dragging Equipment Detector)
697-699 Hanover (10,000+ ft. Siding)
701 - Retreat State Hospital
706 - Mocanaqua (Dragging Equipment Detector)
714-716 Nescopeck (7,800 ft. siding)
722 - (Dragging Equipment Detector – Hot Bearing Detector)
741 - (Dragging Equipment Detector)
750 - Banks (6,400 ft. siding)
752 - CP Kase (this is where the River Line joins the Norfolk Southern Buffalo line to Harrisburg and Enola.)