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The New ones

They look good, when did those units get painted?

sparkyalco wrote:They look good, when did those units get painted?

They were just repainted at MEI in St. Louis - they retain their old CITX numbers just for the move to the Lake State because the cards and AEI readers weren't yet upgraded, but they'll become LSRC 6503-6505

Are they going to repaint the 4 axles the same paint scheme? I know they still have some gray and red units.

At least one of the 4-axles is painted the same. Maybe more.

sparkyalco wrote:Are they going to repaint the 4 axles the same paint scheme? I know they still have some gray and red units.

Nice looks straight 40s... I presume they're -3 ?

OSRR wrote:Nice looks straight 40s... I presume they're -3 ?

Should be just SD40-2

AARR wrote:At least one of the 4-axles is painted the same. Maybe more.

sparkyalco wrote:Are they going to repaint the 4 axles the same paint scheme? I know they still have some gray and red units.

The two Slug Sets, 303, 304, 4303, 4304 and then All SD40-2s in the 6300s are all in this scheme.

4303 = 1178
303 = 371
4304 = 1177
304 = 2003
5921 = 6300 - This will happen this year sometime. till then, it remains 5921.
6301 = CITX3062
6302 = CITX3100
6303 = CITX3067
6304 = CITX3074
6305 = CITX3095
1162, 1164, 1166, 1169, 1171, 1174, 1179, 2052, 800, 801, 805 will become the new 4300s.
1162, 69 & 74 are the 3 remaining grey engines that are next for paint.

What are the plans for the CEFX GP20D's I saw in Saginaw last month?

Also for the 4300, 4301, and 4302.

GTW6401 wrote:What are the plans for the CEFX GP20D's I saw in Saginaw last month?

Also for the 4300, 4301, and 4302.

00-01-02 are done.
GP20Ds are storage for CSXT.

Evan wrote:

GTW6401 wrote:What are the plans for the CEFX GP20D's I saw in Saginaw last month?

Also for the 4300, 4301, and 4302.

00-01-02 are done.
GP20Ds are storage for CSXT.

Storage for CSX? Care to explain? When did they buy them and also why so far north and not somewhere on the CSX system?

CSX has flushed the system of lease units. Didn't know these GP29s were on CSX, it I wouldn't be surprised if LSRC have them a good rate so CSX could get them off the property.

TrainWatcher wrote:

Evan wrote:

GTW6401 wrote:What are the plans for the CEFX GP20D's I saw in Saginaw last month?

Also for the 4300, 4301, and 4302.

00-01-02 are done.
GP20Ds are storage for CSXT.

Storage for CSX? Care to explain? When did they buy them and also why so far north and not somewhere on the CSX system?

All I know is they're from Toledo and we're storing a total of 6 of them. Don't know anymore.

FWIW here's a couple more shots of them in Toledo:

Freshly painted & heading home! by Michael Harding, on Flickr

Lake State Sunset by Michael Harding, on Flickr

MDH wrote:FWIW here's a couple more shots of them in Toledo:

Freshly painted & heading home! by Michael Harding, on Flickr

Lake State Sunset by Michael Harding, on Flickr

I love the look of the sun reflecting off of the locomotives in that second shot!

A couple things, Yesterday for the first time in 32 and a half years i watched six axle power go to Paines, The 6302 leading the 1164 on a empty grain train. And the 4300 and the 4301 left the LSRC property on Thursday.

Evan wrote:

GTW6401 wrote:What are the plans for the CEFX GP20D's I saw in Saginaw last month?

Also for the 4300, 4301, and 4302.

00-01-02 are done.
GP20Ds are storage for CSXT.

What do you mean by "are done" with regards to the 00-01-02? Off the roster? Going for repaint? The three of them were spotted in CSX Stanley yard today.

Off the roster/returned to leasor/sold.

Sold to G&W properties in North Carolina and Georgia per sources respectively.