The Cincinnati Scenic Railway is proud to announce an agreement with the Raritan Central Railway to acquire former B&O GP30 #6923, currently lettered as RCRY #5.
RCRY #5 (originally B&O 6923) is a 2,250 hp EMD GP30, four-axle road switcher diesel electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois in 1962.
RCRY #5 was one of 77 GP30’s ordered by the Baltimore & Ohio Railway. It was later changed to #4241 after the B&O and Chesapeake & Oho merger, which created the famous “Chessie” brand. The Chessie System rebuilt its GP30 units into GP30Ms, adding newer components, new traction motors and reducing their power to 2000 hp. They lasted with CSX into the mid-to-late 1990s.
Upon arrival in Ohio, RCRY #5 will be cosmetically restored into a 250th Anniversary commemorative paint scheme. The goal is to eventually restore it back to it’s as delivered B&O “Sunburst” scheme within the next 5-7 years. This new addition will bring Cincinnati Scenic Railway’s historic fleet to a total of 4 GP30’s, a GP10, GP9 and GP7…