{"id":32212,"date":"2021-11-08T06:16:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32212"},"modified":"2021-11-08T06:16:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:16:08","slug":"from-203-to-255-gp38-at-north-conway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/from-203-to-255-gp38-at-north-conway\/","title":{"rendered":"From 203 to 255\u2014GP38 at North Conway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The other morning I was up early to make daylight of photos of Conway Scenic Railroad&#8217;s latest arrival: former Vermont Railway System&#8217;s Clarendon &amp; Pittsford GP38 203, originally Maine Central 255.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This heritage locomotive was deemed ideal for Conway Scenic because mechanically and electrically it perfectly matches the railroad&#8217;s GP38 number  252 . The two locomotive were part of the same order of GP38s from Electro-Motive Division back in autumn 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CSRR will shortly renumber 203 back to 255. 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