Albany & Eastern #2501

Albany & Eastern #2501 was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in December 1963 as Southern Pacific #7412, a 2,500-horsepower GP35.

After Southern Pacific’s systemwide renumbering in 1965 it became Southern Pacific #6524.

On November 30, 1978, it was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen and became Southern Pacific GP35R #6303.

It was retired on October 3, 1995, and was sold to Progress Rail on January 30, 1996.

It became Willamette Valley Railway #2501, then went to the Albany & Eastern in 1999.

I took all of these pictures in Lebanon, Oregon, in March 2006.