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At Work for Timken

Timken GE 70-ton switcher 4501 is working in Canton on Feb. 4, 1978. As befits a steel company it is hauling a cut of gondolas.

Built in January 1949, the unit later was sold to the Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad in Licking County out of Hebron. The Buckeye Scenic shut after its last runs in September 2007.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Tags: 70 ton switchers, GE switchers, Robert Farkas photography, The Timken Company

This entry was posted on January 17, 2021 at 7:23 am and is filed under Railroading as it Once Was. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “At Work for Timken”

Jim Pfeil Says:
January 17, 2021 at 11:07 am | Reply
Robert, thank you for sharing the photograph of 4501. I’M current TimkenSteel employee with 26 years working in the building in the photograph. So much has changed ! Jim

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