Almost all of the EMD GP35's road on ALCO trucks with the exception
of CofG 210 - 214 and 2703 and 2704, which used EMD Bloomburg
trucks. This was done because of the locomotives that were used as
trade-in credits on the new power. All of the remaining ALCO RS2s
(of the SR and subsidiaries) were traded-in on this order, along with
a sizeable chunk of RS3s (a number of them just out of their 15-year
trust), with only two SR units apparently having EMD trade-ins, while
the earlier CofG units were built with EMD trucks because of the
(someone might have to correct me on this) CofG F3As that were traded-
in on them.
Adding to the confusion though are two GP30s that were wrecked and
rebuilt with GP35 bodies: 2526 and 2641. They retained their GP30
inards (rated at 2250 HP) but for the most part "looked like" GP35s,
though they have the Phase II charactoristics of the GP35 (narrower
side sill and raised dust bin collector common on late-GP35s, late-
SD35s, and most GPs afterwards).
Hope this adds just a little to your understanding.
jerry
-- Jerry M. LaBoda (laboda@bellsouth.net), January 05, 2003.