7962

GP8 7962

Unknown Photographer (Jim Jones Collection)

Part of a January 1953 order of 35 GP7's, GP7 8962 was built in March of that year. It was rebuilt in September of 1974 by the Paducah Shops into GP8 7962. It was damaged in a sideswipe collision on the Frisco at Birmingham, Alabama on February 13th,1978, resulting in it getting the solid orange scheme. It was sold to Steel Processing and scrapped in December 1992.

Notes: This was the only GP8 to get the solid orange.

Date in Solid Orange: 1978 - ??

THE PHOTOS
	Location:	Council Bluffs, Iowa
	Photographer:	Mike Vana
	Date:	September 24th, 1978
	Quality:		60k

	Location:	Council Bluffs, Iowa
	Photographer:	Jerry Bosanek (Nathan Dahms Collection)
	Date:	September 26th, 1978
	Quality:		60k

	Location:	Council Bluffs, Iowa
	Photographer:	Mike Vana
	Date:	October, 15th, 1978
	Quality:		54k

	Location:	Unknown
	Photographer:	Unknown (Jim Jones Collection)
	Date:	Unknown
	Quality:		67k

	Location:	Unknown
	Photographer:	Unknown
	Date:	Unknown
	Quality:		43k

	Location:	Starkville, Mississippi
	Photographer:	A. L. Goodman III
	Date:	Unknown
	Quality:		47k

	Location:	Starkville, Mississippi
	Photographer:	A. L. Goodman III
	Date:	Unknown
	Quality:		44k