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The Portland and Western Railroad (reporting mark PNWR) is a 516-mile (830 km) Class II railroad serving the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of shortline and regional railroad holding company Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
The EMD GT26 Locomotive Series made their debut in 1967 after the rise in popularity of the American EMD SD40.Designed to meet most First World, Second World and Third World countries, the GT26 Series were now equipped with a turbocharged high horsepower EMD 645 Series engine as well as six axle HT-C trucks to provide better traction effort at slow speeds.
In 1994 a change in corporate strategy resulted in the unused part of the railroad being formally abandoned and dismantled. Since that time, PNW has operated 5 miles of switching track in Prescott, with traffic being between the sawmill, a Firestone Rubber Plant and the Missouri Pacific (now Union Pacific) connection.
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW) was studying options for a low-horsepower switcher locomotive that would replace their fleet of GP9 units. Following the ending of EMD’s GP15-1 program, and the lowest horsepower locomotive in EMD’s catalogue had concluded the 3,000hp GP59, which used a 710 prime mover.
The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500[L/T/W]) is a smartphone model of the Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830), released by Samsung in 2012. The phone weighs 115 grams (4.1 oz), has a display size of 3.65 inches (93 mm), and retains the same 320x480 resolution as the original Ace. [4] Various new technologies and features were introduced with the Ace Plus.
Early Electro-Motive Corporation switcher locomotives were built with Winton 201-A engines. A total of 175 were built between February 1935 and January 1939. Two main series of locomotives were built, distinguished by engine size and output: the straight-8, 600 hp (450 kW) 'S' series, and the V12, 900 hp (670 kW) 'N' series.
The Pacific Northwest Corridor or the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor is one of eleven federally designated higher-speed rail corridors in the United States and Canada. [1] The 466-mile (750 km) corridor extends from Eugene, Oregon , to Vancouver , British Columbia, via Portland, Oregon and Seattle , Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region.
The GT26CW-2 is the Dash-2 variant of the GT26CW diesel–electric locomotive series created by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors for export to Iran, Israel, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, South Korea, Turkey and Yugoslavia.