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4/8/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Providence and Worcester
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:PW 2008 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:796356-2Order No:796356
Frame Number:796356-2Built:12/1980
Notes:Acquired new Dec 1980
Other locos with this serial:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
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Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  After a run up to KIK Custom Products, PR2's crossing Mendon Road at the Lonsdale Yard Limit board on a dreary Monday morning
Photo Date:  8/13/2007  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 11:21:35 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 1
on the East Providence Branch
Title:  on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Early morning lineup of power for todays trains running from Valley Falls - power for PR2 will be the 2009 and 2011 - power for PR3 will be the 2008, B unit 3006 and the 2007
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 8:44:05 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 2011(GP38) PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3006(B30-7AB) PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 1
Train PR3 at Hunt Street
Title:  Train PR3 at Hunt Street
Description:  Approaching Hunt Street, PR3's running past the Osram Sylvania bulk sand unloading facility, heading for the Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Photo Date:  8/16/2007  Upload Date: 8/16/2007 8:40:07 AM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3006(B30-7AB) PW 2007(GP38-2)
Views:  454   Comments: 1
Met Life Blimp and PR2
Title:  Met Life Blimp and PR2
Description:  Met Life blimp flying over the Providence and Worcester's Valley Falls office
Photo Date:  8/28/2007  Upload Date: 8/28/2007 12:01:30 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Train PR2 at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  Crossing Mendon Road - PR2's northbound, heading to KIK Custom Products
Photo Date:  8/28/2007  Upload Date: 8/28/2007 11:57:56 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
Tanner Industries - Dexter Road
Title:  Tanner Industries - Dexter Road
Description:  PR2's setting off a tank car of ammonia at Tanner Industries - long string of black high hoppers for Pond View Recycling on the left with WHJJ radio towers in the background
Photo Date:  9/14/2007  Upload Date: 9/15/2007 10:38:30 AM
Location:  East Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 1
Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Title:  Train PR2 on the East Providence Branch
Description:  Having crossed Ralco Way, PR2's running past the location of the engine house before it was moved by the Valley office - my friends the Yellow Jacket's are here with Nick lurking in the bushes
Photo Date:  9/14/2007  Upload Date: 9/15/2007 10:01:22 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
History in the Making with Loaded Autoracks
Title:  History in the Making with Loaded Autoracks
Description:  PR3 running in 2 sections today - the regular PR3 with the 2008 and cabless B unit 3007 tugging on 6 or so SSEX open hopper cars for Metals Recycling at the Providence Port - PR3-X with the 2009 waiting with their 8 loaded autoracks of imported VW's assembled in Mexico
Photo Date:  10/2/2007  Upload Date: 10/2/2007 8:13:06 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3007(B30-7AB) PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
on the historic Wrentham Branch
Title:  on the historic Wrentham Branch
Description:  Power for PR2 resting on the remnants of the Wrentham Branch in Rhode Island, by the Providence and Worcester's Valley Falls office and engine house --- branch connected Valley Falls to Wrentham and Norwood, Massachusetts
Photo Date:  10/12/2007  Upload Date: 10/12/2007 9:48:13 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2011(GP38) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  655   Comments: 2
Train PR-3
Title:  Train PR-3
Description:  On a cloudy morning, PR3's runnvng past the historic Pawtucket Yards, along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor - they have 32 loaded autoracks with imported Vockswagens assembled in Mexico heading for the Seaview, for tnloading at NORAD in Davisville, Rhode Island
Photo Date:  10/24/2007  Upload Date: 10/24/2007 9:44:08 AM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 4003(B40-8) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 1
Train PR-2 In The Upper Valley Yard
Title:  Train PR-2 In The Upper Valley Yard
Description:  after a run to KIK in the Berkeley section of Cumberland, PR-2's running thru the upper Valley Yard
Photo Date:  10/31/2007  Upload Date: 10/31/2007 11:53:38 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Upper Valley Falls Yard
Title:  Upper Valley Falls Yard
Description:  First snow for the upcoming winter season --- Providence and Worcester's train PR-2, sorting things out this snowy morning
Photo Date:  11/20/2007  Upload Date: 11/20/2007 11:22:32 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  620   Comments: 1
Upper Valley Falls Yard
Title:  Upper Valley Falls Yard
Description:  First snow for the upcoming winter season --- Providence and Worcester's train PR-2, slipping a few cars in the yard
Photo Date:  11/20/2007  Upload Date: 11/20/2007 11:25:46 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  436   Comments: 1
Train PRWO-X at Valley Falls
Title:  Train PRWO-X at Valley Falls
Description:  Throwing the switch! Rare PRWO running as an extra, on a Saturday, and during daylight hours - they'll couple onto some loaded coal hoppers and the general freight on the adjacent main for a trip to Worcester on a cold, but sunny morning
Photo Date:  11/24/2007  Upload Date: 11/24/2007 11:01:28 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 2009(GP38-2)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
Ethanol Extra MFS-5
Title:  Ethanol Extra MFS-5
Description:  80 car ethanol extra at the Lonsdale Yard Limits - their heading down to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and Motiva Enterprises at Providence and Worcester's South Providence Yard
Photo Date:  8/25/2008  Upload Date: 8/25/2008 2:13:10 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3908(B39-8E) PW 2216(B23-7R) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  540   Comments: 1
MFS-5 Ethanol Extra
Title:  MFS-5 Ethanol Extra
Description:  Providence and Worcester Railsoad - 80 car ethanol extra from Worcester, Massachusetts running past Osram Sylvania
Photo Date:  8/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/28/2008 1:35:18 PM
Location:  Central Falls, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3908(B39-8E) PW 2216(B23-7R) PW 2006(GP38-2)
Views:  444   Comments: 1
Blackstone Valley Shopper's Special at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Blackstone Valley Shopper's Special at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Fall Shopper's Special from Cumberland, Rhode Island to Putnam, Connecticut, running on the Providence and Worcesters Providence main at the Lonsdale Yard Limits, Mendon Road
Photo Date:  10/25/2008  Upload Date: 10/25/2008 10:43:30 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Polar Express on the Providence and Worcester
Title:  Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Polar Express on the Providence and Worcester
Description:  2nd day for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Polar Express - extra running past the former KIK Custom Products at Martin Street, heading down to Ann & Hope for the first of two runs to the North Pole
Photo Date:  11/9/2008  Upload Date: 11/9/2008 10:23:26 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Polar Express
Title:  Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Polar Express
Description:  on its first trip north, Polar Express working it way up the grade from Woonsocket Water Works, heading for Hamlet Avenue, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Photo Date:  11/16/2008  Upload Date: 11/16/2008 4:58:14 PM
Location:  Woonsocket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
MFS-8 Ethanol Extra to Providence
Title:  MFS-8 Ethanol Extra to Providence
Description:  Ethanol Extra plowing snow as it crosses Martin Street in the Berkeley section of town on the Providence Main - they're heading for Motiva Entreprises at the Railroad's South Providence Yard with 80 cars of ethanol and one safety spacer
Photo Date:  1/18/2009  Upload Date: 1/18/2009 1:28:18 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2216(B23-7R) PW 3909(B39-8E) PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 3902(B39-8E)
Views:  1466   Comments: 7
Train PR-2 Valley Falls Yard
Title:  Train PR-2 Valley Falls Yard
Description:  Getting ready to tug on their train with raw March rain falling - they'll split their train at those 3 MBTA side dump ballast cars that came down on the nightly WOPR from Worcester. Side dumps used to ferry used MBTA concrete ties from MBTA storage in Readville
Photo Date:  3/9/2009  Upload Date: 3/9/2009 2:22:09 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  460   Comments: 2
Train PR-2 Valley Falls Yard
Title:  Train PR-2 Valley Falls Yard
Description:  brrrrrrrrrrr - nothing like a cranky locomotive with cold rain falling! Mechanical Department from Worcester working on jump starting the 2009 on a raw Monday morning
Photo Date:  3/9/2009  Upload Date: 3/9/2009 2:04:59 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2009(GP38-2) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  469   Comments: 3
Nightly PRWO
Title:  Nightly PRWO
Description:  Going back to Worcester - the nightly PRWO (Sunday thru Thursday) coupling on the extra ethanol locos. Not MUd, they'll simply be towed along for the ride with the freight
Photo Date:  3/14/2009  Upload Date: 3/16/2009 12:18:35 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 3903(B39-8E) PW 3901(B39-8E) PW 3908(B39-8E) PW 3902(B39-8E)
Views:  576   Comments: 0
Nightly PRWO at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Title:  Nightly PRWO at the Lonsdale Yard Limits
Description:  Fighting for those last rays of sun! Crossing Mendon Road, PRWO's officially northbound for Worcester at the Lonsdale Yard Limit Board with the 4 ethanol GEs and 13 assorted freight cars in tow
Photo Date:  3/14/2009  Upload Date: 3/16/2009 12:17:27 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 3903(B39-8E) PW 3901(B39-8E) PW 3908(B39-8E) PW 3902(B39-8E)
Views:  557   Comments: 0
K638 Ethanol Extra
Title:  K638 Ethanol Extra
Description:  Some history in this photo - for the first time while on the Providence and Worcester, the ethanol extra was called by its CSX symbol - K638. Now officially on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor south of Boston Switch, its now called MFS-9 - MFS for Multi Function Switcher. MFS-9 with 3 hoppers of cement serving as spacers, 80 cars of ethanol, along with a box car spacer running on track 7 along the Corridor at Branch Avenue. This was the old New Haven Northup Avenue Yard. A long gone P&W customer on the right when it was a Sears Warehouse and the other track now unused to West River and the then new automated Post Office under New Haven, later Penn Central
Photo Date:  4/29/2009  Upload Date: 4/29/2009 2:50:30 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 4004(B40-8) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  909   Comments: 0
K638/MFS-9 Ethanol Extra
Title:  K638/MFS-9 Ethanol Extra
Description:  Along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, ethanol extra slipping the first 50 or so cars of ethanol down the South Providence Running track to Providence and Worcester's South Providence yard and Motiva Entreprises
Photo Date:  4/29/2009  Upload Date: 4/29/2009 4:31:18 PM
Location:  Cranston, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 4004(B40-8) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  406   Comments: 0
K638/MFS-9 Ethanol Extra at Elmwood Avenue
Title:  K638/MFS-9 Ethanol Extra at Elmwood Avenue
Description:  Providence and Worcester's ethanol extra, running on the South Providence Running Track by Roger Williams Park - running down to South Providence yard and Motiva Enterprises with the ethanol
Photo Date:  4/29/2009  Upload Date: 4/29/2009 4:41:12 PM
Location:  Providence, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2) PW 4004(B40-8) PW 4003(B40-8)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
Kiwanis Zoo Train
Title:  Kiwanis Zoo Train
Description:  Today was the first of two zoo trains to Roger William's Park in Providence, Rhode Island. Extra traveling thru the Valley Falls yard heading for Worcester. The train's sponsored by the Worcester Kiwanis, with the next scheduled for June 20th
Photo Date:  5/9/2009  Upload Date: 5/9/2009 9:38:05 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
Train PR2 at the Valley Barn
Title:  Train PR2 at the Valley Barn
Description:  Barn door just creaked shut, our conductor's guidilg PR2 onto the house track by the Valley Office
Photo Date:  2/28/2010  Upload Date: 5/11/2007 11:23:40 AM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PW 2007(GP38-2) PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  336   Comments: 1
Train PR-2 on the Pawtucket Highway
Title:  Train PR-2 on the Pawtucket Highway
Description:  Nearing the end of running along the highway part of the East Providence Running Track, PR-2's approaching Beverage Hill Avenue, heading for Pond View
Photo Date:  3/17/2010  Upload Date: 3/17/2010 3:48:35 PM
Location:  Pawtucket, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Dean/IGA
Title:  Dean/IGA
Description:  PR2 servicing Dean Warehouse with a couple cars of wire for Stanley Bostich. Dean, the old IGA Warehouse
Photo Date:  6/4/2010  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 1:49:07 PM
Location:  Cumberland, RI
Author:  Ron Chouinard
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Locomotives:  PW 2008(GP38-2)
Views:  318   Comments: 0


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