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Ryne Birdsong's Collection
 
4/6/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: West Chester Railroad Company
Model:EMD GP9Built As:BO 6499 (GP9)
Serial Number:22243Order No:5477
Frame Number:5477-53Built:10/1956
Notes:ex-Ohio Central, exx-B&O 6499
Other locos with this serial:  BO 6499(GP9) WCRL 6499(GP9) OHCR 99(GP9)
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WCRL 1803
Title:  WCRL 1803
Description:  WCRL 1803 sits in the yard in West Chester. 1803 is a RS18 built for the Canadian Pacific in April of 1958 with road number 8762, which was later rebuilt into Canadian Pacific RS18u 1803.
Photo Date:  5/27/2018  Upload Date: 5/27/2018 7:18:30 PM
Location:  West Chester, PA
Author:  Ryne Birdsong
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  WCRL 1803(RS18u) WCRL 6499(GP9)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
WCRL 6499
Title:  WCRL 6499
Description:  WCRL 6499 sits in the yard in West Chester. 6499 is a GP9 originally built for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in October of 1956 with the same road number, and was later acquired by the Youngstown & Austintown Railroad with the same road number. Later, it was bought by the Ohio Central and renumbered to 99, which afterwards was bought by West Chester Railroad and renumbered back to 6499.
Photo Date:  5/27/2018  Upload Date: 5/28/2018 12:10:20 PM
Location:  West Chester, PA
Author:  Ryne Birdsong
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  WCRL 6499(GP9) WCRL 4213(C424) WCRL 3(S2)
Views:  610   Comments: 0


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