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Posted by Pellet Pete on February 12, 2005, 10:39 pm, in reply to "SD38-2s"
Yes, 215 was former B&LE 892. The 210 isn't ex-B&LE, but spent some time on the big B in a maintenance test swap with 215 (then known as 892, the "Pumpkin"). Interestingly, 210 rides on the 892's trucks and vice versa (unless they have been swapped back since both ended up back on the Missabe's roster). The truck swap had to do with wanting a certain type of brake shoe style maintained on each railroad while the two units were visiting (210 eventually returned home while 892 stayed "up north" and was later repainted maroon and renumbered 215.
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