News photos: Gettysburg & Northern GP10s on borrowed time?

News photos: Gettysburg & Northern GP10s on borrowed time?

By Trains Staff | May 17, 2022

| Last updated on March 1, 2024


Replacements may be coming for veteran short line diesels

Black locomotive leads train across highway
Gettysburg & Northern PREX GP10 No. 1001 crosses State Route 34 in Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., on May 11, 2022. William E. Anderson

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Time may be short for the GP10 locomotives that handle traffic on the Gettysburg & Northern, a 27-mile Pioneer Lines short line connecting to CSX Transportation at Gettysburg and Norfolk Southern at Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Photographer William Anderson reports that the railroad is currently testing a CEFX (CIT Rail) lease unit, GP15D No. 1501, with a GP20 locomotive expected soon. With that unit’s arrival, plans are to either sell or scrap two of the units, while retaining former Elkhart & Western PREX GP10 No. 1000 as a backup.

Train passes wooden railroad station
PREX GP10 No. 1000 brings cars into Biglerville, Pa. William E. Anderson
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