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Grand River Railway Gets 2nd Switcher

The Grand River Railway now has a pair of EMD SW1200 switchers painted in a Baltimore & Ohio inspired livery.

A report on Trainorders.com said that GRRY No. 1202 journeyed to the connection with CSX in Painesville on Wednesday afternoon to pick up No. 1205.

Both locomotives formerly worked on the Aliquippa & Southern and are being leased to the GRRY by the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugar Creek.

No. 1205 was built in July 1955 whereas No. 1202 was built in June 1954.

The GRRY after startup, it leased CSX GP38-2 No. 2365 for a while before No. 1202 arrived on the property.

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