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Owner: WILL
Model:GE 45TonnerBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:15061Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:actual weight 44 tons
Other locos with this serial:  LSO 501(45Tonner) WILL 0(45Tonner)
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Willamette Industries GE
Title:  Willamette Industries GE
Description:  This un-numbered General Electric loco belonged to Willamette Industries at Taylor, Louisiana - just west of Gibsland on the Illinois Central Gulf. The unit was built in December 1941 as Louisiana Southern No. 501, and even though this was a 45-ton design the railroad specified that it only weigh 44 tons to insure that it could be operated by just one man. It was subsequently owned by the Pacolet Manufacturing Co. in Pacolet, South Carolina and by Johnson Railway Supply in Georgia before move back to Louisiana.
Photo Date:  10/7/1981  Upload Date: 7/7/2017 9:36:11 PM
Location:  Taylor, LA
Author:  TODD MINSK photo
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WILL 0(45Tonner)
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