Grand Trunk Western (GTW) 5852 - EMD GP38-2

Here is another view of GTW GP38-2 #5852. Originally built by EMD in November of 1978 as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific GP38-2 #4370, it slid over to the Grand Trunk Western roster aroudn 1980. Sadly, the red/blue/white paint scheme was replaced around 2016 with the CN red/black/white one. It is still going strong in 2025 however. No photographer was listed for the photo which is now in my rr collection.

Originally built by EMD in November of 1978 as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific GP38-2 #4370, it slid over to the Grand Trunk Western roster aroudn 1980. Sadly, the red/blue/white paint scheme was replaced around 2016 with the CN red/black/white one. It is still going strong in 2025 however. No photographer was listed for the photo which is now in my rr collection.

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Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Setting at the CN yard in Dubuque.

A CN local pauses in front of the depot/yard office at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI, on 16 Oct. '21. Local was headed back to Neenah and had two locomotives, IC 3106 and GTW 5852. The local power, IC 3123, rests to the right. There used to be a diamond right about where the front truck of the lead locomotive rests, from ca. 1874 until at least 1968, where the MLS&W crossed the C&NW. When the MLS&W was absorbed by the C&NW on 1 Sep. 1893, their line became the Ashland Div. of the C&NW. The white building behind the depot/yard office is the former home of the Harry H. Long Moving and Storage Co., 1001 S. Douglas St., Appleton, WI. This building dates to at least 1953, when it was listed in the local directory (it was not listed in ’51). The building has a spur, but it hasn’t been used for quite a while (except for occasional MoW equipment). Now called Harry H. Long Moving Storage & Express, Inc., the company, founded in 1917, is still family owned. It moved to a larger facility in Town of Clayton, Winnebago Co., WI in 2001.

Seen from the north end of Union St., GTW 5852 (GP38-2) and IC 3106 (GP40R) pull a short train north out of Neenah Yard.

GTW 5852 near the Neenah Foundry.

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Roster

Also waiting for repair, or a ride homje.

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Canadian National GP38-2 No. 5852 leads a local freight over a bridge crossing the BNSF Racetrack in LaVergne, IL just outside of Chicago. This unit is ex-GTW 5852.

Canadian National GP38-2 No. 5852 leads a local freight over a bridge crossing the BNSF Racetrack in LaVergne, IL just outside of Chicago. This unit is ex-GTW 5852.

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GTW 5852 leads an eastbound local on the CN at Alworth, IL

GTW 5852 leads an eastbound local on the CN at Alworth, IL

GTW 5852 leads an eastbound local on the CN at Alworth, IL

Sitting outside the Quality Rail Services facility in Madison, Illinois.

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GTW 5852

As a train passes south, A gevo and a GP38-2 I got earlier in the month passes me.

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