GBW 6.1 Norwood Shops: Repairing the 312

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3 ай бұрын

Take a tour of Norwood Shops, the heart of the Green Bay & Western. Watch Norwood’s crew repair C424 312 after it destroyed a potato truck, as Manager of Locomotives Mike Geurts discusses the challenges of keeping old Alcos running.

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@justtim9767 2 ай бұрын

Very nice, and I'm a steam fan, grew up in that era.

@user-nr3wb5ue8k 3 ай бұрын

Let's not forget the shops of the Arkansas and Missouri and all they do to keep Alcos in the Ozarks!

@colinmulder6806 10 күн бұрын

When you at it folks, the GB&W is similar to Arkansas & Missouri, Trona Railway, & even Transkentucky Transportation. For each has a fleet of DIE-HARD verteran diesels that keep rolling up the miles into the 90'S but prove to be quite the challenge to be kept maintained.

@Elliottblancher 3 ай бұрын

At least the GBW were not the only ones feeling the challenges of maintaining Alco's, CN and CP still had their fleets operating around this time too until like 1998

@martindoyle831 3 ай бұрын

Yes i was lucky. Started railfanning in 95 in eastern ontario .. got tp chase and see the last of the alcos

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 3 ай бұрын

CNW's Alco fleet was still going strong as was Arkansas and Missouri. The 1980s was a great decade for Alcos, but the writing was clearly on the wall. RR

@Elliottblancher 3 ай бұрын

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq CP Retired their fleet in the early 90's but ironically they unretired them cause they were in some sort of motive power shortage which I have no clue how they got in that predicament

@Thej611 3 ай бұрын

Man, these videos are criminally under viewed! These are great!

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 3 ай бұрын

Our view rates are skyrocketing as the word of the program sections being released is getting out. Help us out by passing the word to anyone who appreciates Alco power or the GBW. RR

@colinmulder6806 10 күн бұрын

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lqThat's why I like about you folks. If you guys had a chance to release many of your travels onto home release back in the 90'S, you'd be just as popular as the other video companies for keep the memories of down home railroad favorites alive.

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 4 күн бұрын

@@colinmulder6806 It would have cost more to do that than any revenue we could have made. RR

@colinmulder6806 4 күн бұрын

@@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq True. But out of all your programs, the ones that probably would've been your best sellers would be those centering around the GB&W & WC due to their vast collection of DIE-HARD veteran diesels & friendly railroad employees doing what they do best. Not to mention how well you script your programs into separate sections almost like a story so that it's more than just a collection of runbys but more of how a railroad operates from day-to-day each time out.

@Thunder_6278 3 ай бұрын

In 2024, all I see on Google earth is the remains of the shops, roundhouse, yard. Progress.....

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 3 ай бұрын

Progress indeed. There was a time when progress had significance and was one of the highest goals. These days, progress stands for failure, destruction, inefficiency and stockholder enrichment at the cost of the human element and the industry in general. RR

@Thunder_6278 3 ай бұрын

RR- what I don't get isn't the Green bay route an important bridge line from east & west Wisconsin, why the F*^&% did they tear it up.

@EastEndProductionsArchiv-lm3lq 3 ай бұрын

@@Thunder_6278 That is a question that seems to have dozens of answers to, depending on who you ask. RR

@user-mr3ct1dm9p 2 ай бұрын

@@Thunder_6278Couple of reasons. First the car ferry at Kewaunee was closed, or soon to close-- so that is where alot of the bridge traffic went. Second-- the GBW was a great little RR, with family atmosphere--- that does NOT fit into today's mega--railroads. BUT, rest assured-- the GBW had more class and better employees than any large RR today.