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Jamie West's Collection
 
4/1/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: United States Army
Model:GE 80TonnerBuilt As:USN 65-00298 (80Tonner)
Serial Number:27861Order No:281-8011
Frame Number:Built:5/1945
Notes:ex-North Island Naval Air Station 27
Other locos with this serial:  USN 65-00298(80Tonner) PLA 298(80Tonner) USAX 298(80Tonner)
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USAX 298
Title:  USAX 298
Description:  US Army #298, a GE 80-ton centercab switcher, leads a Niles Canyon Railway Saturday excursion train into the Niles Depot.
Photo Date:  7/31/2011  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 3:11:11 AM
Location:  Niles, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  784   Comments: 0
Brightside Yard
Title:  Brightside Yard
Description:  Locomotives at Brightside Yard sits quite as we pass by them on the Niles Canyon Railway's 2011 Train of Lights.
Photo Date:  12/19/2011  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 4:23:54 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 5623(GP9) USAX 7348(65Tonner ) USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
USAX 298
Title:  USAX 298
Description:  US Army #298, a GE 80-Tonner, sits parked in Brightside Yard (located along the Niles Canyon Railway).
Photo Date:  2/3/2013  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 3:45:01 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
USAX 298
Title:  USAX 298
Description:  US Army #298, a GE 80-Tonner, sits parked in Brightside Yard (located along the Niles Canyon Railway).
Photo Date:  2/3/2013  Upload Date: 2/12/2013 9:12:43 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
SP 1423 Switching
Title:  SP 1423 Switching
Description:  Southern Pacific NW2 #1423 switches locomotives (including USAX 298 and RPRC 1195) in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 9:17:43 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WP 713(GP7) USAX 298(80Tonner) SP 1423(NW2) RPRC 1195(SW900)
Views:  565   Comments: 0
Brightside Yard
Title:  Brightside Yard
Description:  Southern Pacific NW2 #1423 switches locomotives in Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway while Western Pacific GP7 #713 sits shut down.
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 9:21:17 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1423(NW2) WP 713(GP7) USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
USAX 298
Title:  USAX 298
Description:  US Army 80-Tonner #298 gets switched around Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 10:21:57 PM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  USAX 298(80Tonner)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
SP 1423 Switching
Title:  SP 1423 Switching
Description:  Southern Wacific NW2 #1423 switches equipment around at the Niles Canyon Railways Brightside Yard.
Photo Date:  5/10/2014  Upload Date: 11/25/2014 3:02:21 AM
Location:  Brightside, CA
Author:  Jamie West
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 1423(NW2) USAX 298(80Tonner) RPRC 1195(SW900)
Views:  428   Comments: 0


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