A look at DRGW 3006 and DRGW 01447...I cannot help but wonder how many times these two may have been paired up on the same train somewhere out on the mainline!? Here, they are in Burnham, working to pick up a classic DRGW steam crane.
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DRGW 3006 managed to steer clear of graffiti for about 18 years while sitting in Burnham. However, after closing in 2016, security dropped way off and it became far easier for "taggers" to break in and desecrate the classic unit.
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As a special train that includes a DRGW GP30 and DRGW caboose back up on the one of the only storage tracks left at Burnham, a DRGW flat car - built in the 1940s - rests quietly in the foreground.
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With some of the old equipment out of the way, a trio of GP40-2s, DRGW 3006, and a classic DRGW caboose 01447 slowly roll back to hook up to a DRGW steam crane.
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A look at some of the old buildings at Burnham. Virtually all of the tracks have been removed at this point. After the windows were removed from the building to the right, the wind has actually started to tear the rest of the building apart!
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A UP SUV sits alongside DRGW 3006 at the north end of Burnham. If only the old GP30 were still capable of firing up its prime mover! Still, it was just amazing to see it moving.
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A UP crew watches closely as DRGW 3006 (and three UP GP40-2s) back slowly to make a join with a very old flat car. It would take two try to get the couplers to actually couple.
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The GP30 is one of my favorite all-time engines. I was lucky enough to get a few shots of DRGW 3006 working on the South Local in the summer of 1997, shortly before it was retired. After it was retired, it was placed in Burnham. And there it sat for two decades until this day in February 2018.
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A roster shot of DRGW 3006 as seen from the rear quarter. The unit is headed for the Forney Museum for preservation! But first, two other pieces of equipment must be picked up from the storage track at Burnham.
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The engineers side of DRGW 3006 has faired a bit better than the conductors side. Not really any graffiti on this side of the GP30. Right now, the train is backing down to pull a DRGW caboose and a DRGW crane (formerly a D&SL crane) out of the storage track at Burnham.
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After being pulled out of its old resting place, a UP crew moves DRGW 3006 north on the Old Main on the east side of Burnham. Some of the skyline seemed appropriate for the old GP30.
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After 20 years of sitting in the exact same spot in Burnham Yard, DRGW 3006 rolls once again! With the closing of Burnham in February 2016, some old DRGW equipment (including 3006) is all that remains in Burnham. DRGW 3006 is headed for a "forever home" at the Forney Museum.
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DRGW 3006 has sat in this spot in Burnham Yard for 20 years! It was spotted here after being retired in 1998 and here it has sat ever since. But now, after two decades, the time has come for it to be moved...
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With the air test on DRGW 3006 completed and the brakes properly released, the conductor on the ground gives hand signals to the engineer to go ahead and pull to the south.
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UP 1345 has coupled up with DRGW 3006, preparing to move the old GP30 out of Burnham.
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