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Don's Rail Photos


Bellequip Corp
This short life was a dealer for locomotives in Quebec.
101, GP7u, was built by General Motors in July 1951, #A261, as Quebec North Shore & Labrador 101, Class DRS15. It was rebuilt by GM as Class DRS17. It was sold as Bellequip Ltd as 101 in 1971 and then Precision National Corp as 101 in 1972. It was rebuilt at Paducah in September 1972 as Illinois Central Gulf 7989. It was later sold as Chicago Central & Pacific as 7989 and later renumbered 1589,
114, GP7u, was built in General Motors in May 1953, #A410, as QNS&L 114, Class DRS15. It was rebuilt as DRS17 and later sold to Bellequip as 115 in 1971. It was then sold at Precision National Corp as 115 in 1972 and later sold to Chicago & North Western as 4349 in April 1976. It was retired on June 6, 1989, and sold to Pielet Bros for scrap.
172, GP9, was built by General Motors in March 1957, #A1066, as QNS&L 172, Class DRS17. It was sold to Bellequip Corp as 172 in 1971 and then to Precision as 172 in 1972. It was later sold to Intermountain Western as 172 and then purchased by Railtex and assigned to Austin & NorthWestern as 172. It came to Dallas Garland & NorthEastern 172 in May 1996. It is no longer on the property.
177, GP9, was built by General Motors in May 1960, #A1919, as QNS&L 177, Class DRS17. It was sold to Bellequip Corp as 177 in 1971 and then to Precision National Corp in 1973 as PNC 177. It was sold to C&NW in April 1976 and rebuilt at Oelwein in April 1976. It was retired on December 12, 1988, and sold to Fox River Valley RR as 4514 on January 12, 1989. It later became Wisconsin Central Ltd as 4514.
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