GP 28
Balstrop, La; December 1998. A fierce winter storm blanketed the region with a coat of ice the day
before Christmas. The day after Christmas, MOW are opening the way for
the first train.
GP 28 1816 and CF7 1513 are trying to stay before being called up.
Balstrop, La; December 1998. GP 28 1805 has the dinstinction of being famous enough to make the
cover page of Ed Lewis's American Shortline Railway Guide 5th edition.
1816 and 1805 are 2 of 26 GP28 ever built and only 16 went to the domestic
market including 13 to Illinois Central.
