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[[image - Newspaper clipping, picture of train on track. Text: AUGUST 8, 1969 was a bad day for ex Ford GE 1800 on the WAG. On the climb to Cutler Summit, she lost a traction motor. Now her sanders have quit, causing a stall; later one of her engines went out.]]

The above tells what sounds like a sad story but this locomotive was around 30-years old and with adequate maintenance could have been running indefinitely. Its maintenance cost, however, would have been considerably higher than a modern unit under such circumstances.
The following tabulation shows the ultimate disposition of seven of the eight Ford 1,000-hp locomotives built at Erie. The eights unit was acquired by other than WAG and I don't know its disposition. One of the locomotives was still in service in 1972.

^[[Wt.  GE Serial  Built]]
125-ton 12229 9-37 Ex-Ford Motor 1000. Two Cooper-Bessemer GN6 engines, 960 h.p. total. To WAG 12-55, retired 1962, scrapped 1969 at Luria Bros., Modena, Pa.
125-ton 12230 9-37 Ex-Ford 1001, same engines as 1200. To WAG 12-55, retired circa 1959, sold to Luria 1969. Shipped from Galeton 9-70, cut up at Modena, Pa.
132-ton 12507 6-39 Ex-Ford 1003. Two C-B GNL6 engines, 1000 h.p. total. To WAG 5-56, retired 1967, reactivated 6-69, retired again 12-69. Stored dead as of 12-71.
132-ton 12508 6-39 Ex-Ford 1004, same engines as 1400. To WAG 3-58, retired 6-69, sold as scrap to Luria Bros., Modena, Pa., 1969.
132-ton 12569 3-40 Ex-Ford 1006, same engines as 1500. To WAG 3-58, in service.
132-ton 12506 6-39 Ex-Ford 1002, same engines as 1400. To WAG 3-58, retired 3-70, stored dead as of 12-71

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