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Viewing Album: Precision National Corporation
By:
Chuck Zeiler
Dates:
1/15/1956 - 12/31/1980
Album Info:
Precision National Corp. (PNC) was originally named Precision Engineering Company (PECo), which got its start in Los Angeles, California, in 1931 by manufacturing crankshafts. The name was changed to Precision National Corporation (PNC) in March 1970. In 1963 PECo expanded into the locomotive rebuilding business through the creation of its Locomotive Division, its Associated Liner Division, and its Salvage Division. Precision National was bankrupt in early 1997 (shut down on February 10, 1997). National Railway Equipment purchased the land and shop buildings of the bankrupt Precision National Corporation The former PNC shop was reopened in December 1997.
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Title:
PNC GP9 176
Description:
Precision National GP9 176 at BN's Clyde, Illinois facilities on an unknown day in September 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in March 1954 as UP GP9 176 (c/n 19177) on EMD Order 5321, it was sold to PNC in May 1977. It is seen here on short-term lease to the BN.
Photo Date:
9/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/8/2010 11:02:41 AM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 176(GP9)
Views:
827
Comments:
1
Title:
PNC GP9 1702
Description:
Precision National GP9 1702, Avon Yard, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 15, 1979, photo by Gib Allbach, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in March 1956 as C&O GP9 6019 (c/n 21497) on EMD Order 5448, it was sold to PNC and is seen on short-term lease to CR. It later became MTI 1702.
Photo Date:
9/15/1979
Upload Date:
9/8/2010 11:15:37 AM
Location:
Indianapolis, IN
Author:
Gib Allbach
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1702(GP9)
Views:
1058
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1801
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1801 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2503 (c/n 25599) on EMD Order 5606, it was renumbered to Southern 6301. It was acquired by PNC during 1978, leased as PNC 6301 for a while, then sent to the Milwaukee Road for rebuilding. The turbocharger was removed, the dynamic brakes were de-activated, and it was returned to PNC as a 1800 horsepower SD18m, numbered in the 1800 series (the horsepower), and retaining the last two digits of it's last Southern road number. It was leased to the BN for about a year, then went to the C&NW as 6623, then WSOR 1801, then AGPX 1801.
Photo Date:
10/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/9/2010 12:58:59 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1801(SD18M)
Views:
422
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1801
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1801 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, November 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2503 (c/n 25599) on EMD Order 5606, it was renumbered to Southern 6301. It was sold to PNC during 1978 and put into PNC's lease pool. During 1979, PNC began having its ex-Southern SD24's rebuilt and de-turbocharged. The first five were rebuilt by the Milwaukee Road at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Shops. All the other PNC ex-Southern SD24's were rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen. The rebuilt SD18m's were renumbered into the 1800 series reflective of their new horsepower rating, and all were leased to the BN for about a year or so. Note the blanked over dynamic brake blisters and lack of turbocharger bulge. This unit went on to become C&NW 6623, WSOR 1801, AGPX 1801.
Photo Date:
11/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/8/2010 12:26:35 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1801(SD18M)
Views:
1292
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1802
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1802 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, April 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1802 was built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2504 (c/n 15600) on EMD Order 5606. It was renumbered by the Southern to 6302. During 1978 PNC acquired this locomotive and several other SD24's from the Southern and put them in a lease pool, most being leased to the BN. During 1979, PNC's SD24's were rebuilt to SD18m's by removing the turbocharger and de-activating the dynamic brakes. The first five were rebuilt by the Milwaukee Road, the rest were rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen. The rebuilt locomotives were renumbered into the 1800 series (their new horsepower rating), and retained the last two digits of it's last Southern road number. Number 1802 was leased to the BN for about a year, then went on to become C&NW 6624.
Photo Date:
4/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/9/2010 3:04:32 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1802(SD18M)
BN 7934(SD40-2)
Views:
654
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1809
Description:
Fresh paint on Precision National Corporation SD18m 1809 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, May 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1809 was built in January 1960 as Southern SD24 6309 (c/n 25658) on EMD Order 5606, was sold to PNC in January 1978, leased out as PNC 6309, rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in 1979, returned as PNC SD18m 1809 (PNC listed the model as SD10), leased out for about a year to the BN during late 1979 - early 1980, leased to the C&NW starting in late 1980, purchased by the C&NW from PNC on March 31, 1982, renumbered to C&NW 6627 (C&NW listed the PNC SD10 as SD18R), repainted to C&NW's Zito Yellow sometime after August 1982, reported to have become RLK 1801.
Photo Date:
5/1/1980
Upload Date:
10/4/2010 12:53:58 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1809(SD18M)
Views:
793
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1819
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1819 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, March 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in February 1960 as Southern SD24 6319 (c/n 25668) on EMD Order 5606, it was acquired by PNC in 1978 and put into a lease fleet as PNC 6319, still in Southern paint. During 1979 it was sent to Morrison Knudsen and rebuilt into a SD18m and renumbered 1819. It returned without a turbocharger and the dynamic brakes disabled, with the resistor grids blanked over. It was leased for about a year to the BN, and later became C&NW 6632.
Photo Date:
3/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/10/2010 2:01:24 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1819(SD18M)
Views:
537
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1837
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1837 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, June 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1959 as Southern SD24 2518 (c/n 25614) on EMD Order 5606, it was renumbered by the Southern to 6337, sold to PNC January 1978, was leased for about a year as PNC 6337, rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen to SD18M (including removal of the turbocharger and disabling the dynamic brakes), returned to PNC as 1837, rated at 1800 horsepower. It was leased to the BN for about a year, then C&NW first leased 25 units (of the original 53 units in PNC 1800 class), beginning in late November 1980, and bought 26 units from PNC on March 31, 1982. This unit became C&NW 6638.
Photo Date:
6/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/11/2010 7:20:39 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1837(SD18M)
Views:
550
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1843
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1843 on the BN at Cicero, Illinois, August, 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1843 was built in December 1959 as Southern SD24 2524 (c/n 25620) on EMD Order 5606, renumbered in 1972 by the Southern to 6343. In January 1978 it was sold to PNC, becoming PNC 6343 and put into PNC's lease fleet. During 1979 it was sent to Morrison Knudsen and rebuilt into a SD18m. Included in the rebuilding was the removal of the turbocharger and dynamic brakes, with the resistor grid plated over. It returned to PNC as 1843 and was leased for about a year to the BN. During late-1980 it was leased to the C&NW, and in March 1982 it was purchased from PNC by the C&NW, becoming C&NW 6640.
Photo Date:
8/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/12/2010 10:44:13 AM
Location:
Cicero, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1843(SD18M)
Views:
974
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1846
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1846 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, April 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in December 1959 as Southern SD24 6952 (c/n 25652) on EMD Order 5606, it was renumbered to 6346 by the Southern, sold to PNC during January 1978. It was leased for about a year as PNC SD24 6346, then sent to Morrison Knudsen and rebuilt to a SD18m and returned as PNC 1846. It was leased during late 1979 - early 1980 to the BN, and in late-1980 it was leased to the C&NW. In March 1982, the C&NW bought 26 SD18m's from PNC, this one became C&NW 6643.
Photo Date:
4/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/12/2010 11:33:41 AM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1846(SD18M)
Views:
409
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD18m 1852
Description:
Precision National SD18m 1852 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, April 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 1852 was built in September 1959 as UP SD24 427 (c/n 25385) on EMD Order 5602, delivered to the UP with an EMD low short hood. In October 1977, this unit and four other UP SD24's (#'s 407, 416, 418, 421 and 427) were sold to PNC, later becoming PNC lease units 1848-1852 respectively. They were all sent to Morrison Knudsen for rebuilding, returning without turbochargers and dynamic brakes. They were leased to the BN for about a year, then leased to the C&NW, finally sold to the C&NW in March 1982, the pictured unit becoming C&NW 6647. On the PNC they were classed as SD10's, the C&NW classed them as SD18R's, here they are classed as SD18m's because that is what is available under Rebuilt EMD, and hopefully prevents confusion with MILW SD10's, which were derived from SD7's and SD9's.
Photo Date:
4/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/13/2010 1:52:02 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 1852(SD18M)
Views:
923
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6302
Description:
Precision National SD24 6302 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, May 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2504 (c/n 15600) on EMD Order 5606. It was renumbered by the Southern to 6302. It was purchased by PNC during January 1978 and put into a lease pool, first leased to the Milwaukee Road and later to the BN. During 1979 it was sent to the Milwaukee Road for rebuilding. During the rebuilding the turbocharger and dynamic brakes were removed, resulting in an 1800 horsepower locomotive. Precision classed it as a SD10, numbered it 1802, and leased it to the BN for about a year. It was later leased to the C&NW and ultimately purchased by the C&NW, becoming C&NW SD18R 6624.
Photo Date:
5/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/16/2010 1:19:07 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6302(SD24)
Views:
845
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6306
Description:
Precision National SD24 6306 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, August 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built as Southern SD24 6306 during October 1959 (c/n 25602) on EMD Order 5606. It became PNC 6306 in January 1978, was leased to the BN during 1979-1980, returned to PNC, later acquired by the ICG, rebuilt by the ICG into SD20 2017, later becoming IC 2017, then NREX 2017, then IHB 2920.
Photo Date:
8/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/16/2010 2:11:46 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6306(SD24)
Views:
830
Comments:
1
Title:
PNC SD24 6306
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6306 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, August 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built as Southern SD24 6306 during October 1959 (c/n 25602) on EMD Order 5606. It became PNC 6306 in January 1978, was leased to the BN during 1979-1980, returned to PNC, later acquired by the ICG, rebuilt by the ICG into SD20 2017, later becoming IC 2017, then NREX 2017, then IHB 2920. Also seen is UP SD40-2 8096, built in August 1979 (c/n 786218-32), having just arrived from EMD and will be forwarded to the UP by the BN.
Photo Date:
8/1/1979
Upload Date:
10/4/2010 1:43:45 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6306(SD24)
UP 8096(SD40-2)
Views:
814
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6306
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6306 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, August 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler
Photo Date:
8/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/18/2010 3:48:25 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6306(SD24)
Views:
499
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6326
Description:
Precision National SD24 6326 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2507 (c/n 25603) on EMD Order 5606, it as renumbered in 1972 by the Southern to 6326. In January 1978 it was sold to PNC and put into a lease pool and leased to the Milwaukee Road and then the BN for about a year. It was returned to PNC and scrapped. Also seen is PNC GP7 125, built in October 1953 as UP GP7 725 (c/n 18716), sold to PNC in October 1977, leased until June 1986, then became IAIS 325.
Photo Date:
10/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/16/2010 3:02:17 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6326(SD24)
PNCX 125(GP7)
Views:
1007
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6327
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6327 on the BN at Clyde, Illinois, April 1980, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6327 was built in October 1959 as Southern SD24 2508 (c/n 25604), renumbered in 1972 to 6327. It was sold to PNC in January 1978, leased for about a year as PNC 6327 during 1979-1980 to the BN, sold to the ICG during 1980, rebuilt to ICG SD20 2027, eventually becoming IHB 2923.
Photo Date:
4/1/1980
Upload Date:
9/18/2010 1:32:31 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6327(SD24)
Views:
677
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6335
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6335 on the ICG at Markham, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in November 1959 as Southern SD24 2516 (c/n 25612) on EMD Order 5606, it was renumbered by the Southern in 1972 to 6335, sold to PNC during January 1978, and leased out by PNC. This unit was not rebuilt, but scrapped by PNC.
Photo Date:
10/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/18/2010 2:53:02 PM
Location:
Markham, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6335(SD24)
Views:
810
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6337
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6337 on the Burlington Northern at Clyde, Illinois, October 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in November 1959 as Southern Railway SD24 2518 (c/n 25614) on EMD Order 5606 and renumbered by the Southern during 1972 to 6337. It was sold to PNC during January 1978 and put into PNC's lease pool as PNC 6337. It spent some time on the BN in 1979, and sometime between October 1979 and June 1980 it was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen into an 1800 horsepower SD18 by removing the turbocharger and dynamic brakes, and of course, the basic overhaul. It returned to PNC numbered 1837 and was leased to the BN for some time during 1980. It then was leased to the C&NW, and ultimately purchased by that road on March 31, 1982 and given road number 6638.
Photo Date:
10/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/20/2010 11:23:20 AM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6337(SD24)
Views:
740
Comments:
0
Title:
PNC SD24 6340
Description:
Precision National Corporation SD24 6340 on the Burlington Northern at Clyde, Illinois on an unknown day in September 1979, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6340 was built in November 1959 as Southern Railway SD24 2521 (c/n 25617) on EMD Order 5606, renumbered by the Southern in 1972 to 6340. It was sold to PNC in January 1978 along with 40 other retired Southern SD24's, joining PNC's lease fleet, this unit and several others were leased to the BN during 1979. During 1982 this unit was sold to the ICG, rebuilt at Paducah, Kentucky and became ICG SD20 2036.
Photo Date:
9/1/1979
Upload Date:
9/20/2010 1:22:09 PM
Location:
Clyde (subdivision), IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
PNCX 6340(SD24)
Views:
508
Comments:
0
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