Milwaukee 197 is a GP-40-2 built in 1966, renumbered SOO 2023 with the MILW buy out in Feb of 1985.
Sold to Florida East coast and numbered 440
Last on-line pix I could find from 2011
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2987608
Looks like she is still making money for FEC.
Milwaukee road 197
Did a little more digging and located two Milwaukee diesels with the number 197 found a nice picture of a SD-40 that is more probably the source of your number board.
The SD40-2 is here.
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=358132&nseq=3
The number board looks like a dead ringer for whats in the shop.
This roster shows Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern 6361 as ex MILW 197 serial number 73687-16.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locolist.aspx?id=DME
The CP roster at this site showing acquired DME SD40-2 as follows
thedieselshop.us/CP.HTML
DME 6359-6362
73687-12, 15 to 17
5/73
SD40-2; See Note C
So, yes that locomotive also still working, may be even through Genoa IL.
Yes, just as I stated in my original post. It was obvious this was from the SD40-2 197 since the label in the lower right hand corner stated it was from SOO 6361, later to become DME 6361. The unit has been razor blades probably 4 times over seeing as it's been gone since 2000.
Hello,
Just wondering what remains to be done before the CNW 1518 can run again. It is truly a gem of a first generation diesel-not to mention that it is also historic-and I'd like to see it run someday.