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Rails to Trails

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The Norfolk Southern in downtown Des Moines. About a quarter mile west of here (left out of the picture these rails end at a grade crossing. Beyond that the bridge over the Des Moines river is now a nicely redecorated and cleaned up pedestrian crossing.

When I saw this loco I thought it was a 3000 HP GE B30-7... but it's a 3200 HP Dash 8-32.

It was switching grain elevators 2 miles east of here and it came into town light for a run-around move.
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Joseph-W-Johns's avatar
All the NS B30-7 were built for Southern and had highhoods like this one [link] which actually still exist today and was moved from Altoona to Chattanooga which I think that means it will get new life as a museum engine or at least I hope so.

It's the only existing B30-7 in NS paint and I believe NS still owns it.