Looking E from Portland Canal near 22nd St.
<p>Two <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anacostia.com/railroads/lirc">Louisville &amp; Indiana Railroad</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switcher" class="extiw" title="w:Switcher">switch engines</a> approaching Riverwalk crossing.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=101945">L&amp;I 1608 (aka LIRC 1608)</a> is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Motive_Diesel" class="extiw" title="w:Electro-Motive Diesel">EMD</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP16" class="extiw" title="w:GP16">GP16</a> model (serial # 21072).
It was built as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_GP9" class="extiw" title="w:EMD GP9">GP9</a> in 1955 and rebuilt as a GP16 in the late 1970s by Seaboard Coast Line.
The "GP" stands for "general purpose", apparently because these engines, also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_switcher" class="extiw" title="w:Road switcher">road switchers</a>, can operate at road speeds and so are not limited to moving cars within a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rail_yard" class="extiw" title="w:rail yard">rail yard</a>.
It looks like LIRC 1608 is now (2017) on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.altoonaworks.info/rosters/rjc.pdf">RJ Corman roster</a>.
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Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, KY.
12/6/2000.
A0L004.
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old scan of 6x9 cm E-6 transparency
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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