New 2400 horsepower diesel.
         
        
        This photo was used in the 1960 annual report.
         
 RS-27 #310 was the first four-axle 2400 horsepower locomotive in
        service in the United States.  It was a one-of-a-kind
RS27:  It was the only one built with a recessed hand brake wheel in the nose of the unit.
        (See GBW #316 to see how the brake wheel
        on later RS-27s looked like.)
          It also brought another idea to the
Green Bay Route: a low short hood on the forward end of the engine. 
        In 1986, a broken crankshaft sent it to the scrap yard.
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