Appanoose County Community Railroad - The APNC's Locomotives

The APNC's Locomotives

The APNC owns two locomotives. They are both GP7s. When they were purchased they were high-nosed, as are most GP7s. Today both engines have their noses lowered about like the nose on a standard GP38-2. At first the engines were colored red with a white outline of Iowa below the cab's side windows, with the letters "APNC" in the outline. The engine's number was along the side of the locomotive. Today the paint scheme has changed. The engines are still mostly red, but there is a white stripe running down the center side of the engine, and there are white stripes on the front and rear nose of the engine, much like the stripes on the nose of many Missouri-Kansas-Texas GP7s. The engine number has now moved below the Iowa outline (not altered). Bright red "APNC" letters have been put on the white stripe along the side of the engine.