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Owner: Great Northern
Model:GE BoxcabBuilt As:GN 5015 (Boxcab)
Serial Number:11150Order No:S-1679
Frame Number:Alco c/n 68273Built:2/1930
Notes:Alco-GE GN class Y-1, sold to PRR as #5 08/1956
Other locos with this serial:  PRR 5(Boxcab) GN 5015(Boxcab)
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GN #5015 & #5016
Title:  GN #5015 & #5016
Description:  GN Class Y-1 boxcab electrics in the EMPIRE BUILDER Omaha Orange & Pullman Green passenger service paint scheme, seen here in the yard at Skykomish, west end of the Stevens Pass/Cascade Tunnel electrified district. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a duplicate 35mm slide, brand is unknown, exact date is approximate.
Photo Date:  6/1/1955  Upload Date: 8/4/2017 8:33:51 PM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Fred Byerly/Blackhawk Films Collection
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  GN 5015(Boxcab) GN 5016(Boxcab)
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GN 5015
Title:  GN 5015
Description:  Built for the Cascade tunnel to prevent crews choking on steam fumes. These electrics were withdrawn when the line was de-electrified in 1956
Photo Date:  12/31/1955  Upload Date: 11/14/2023 8:24:59 AM
Location:  Skykomish, WA
Author:  Fred Byerly
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Locomotives:  GN 5015(Boxcab) GN 5016(Boxcab)
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