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ENGINE RESTOCK FOR GRAND RAPIDS?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:35 am
by donnieland
Q326 IS EB BY EAST WAVERLY AT 1028AM
LOOKS LIKE A RESTOCK OF ENGINES HEADED FOR GRAND RAPIDS
3 CSX ENGINES IN LEAD DIDN'T HAVE CHANCE TO WRITE ENGINES
NUMBERS 85OO SERIES IN LD FOLLOWED BY 7700 SERIES? AND 8500
SERIES? AFTER THE 3 CSX FOLLOWED 3 HCLX RENT A ENGINES, THEN
THE CONSIST FOLLOWED
oops sorry forgot to take caps off
don
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:15 am
by CAT345C
The HLCX units are going to Flint for storage, out of service. Or atleast they are supposed to be going to Flint of Storage on 1/22/2007 at least four units of at least 2 of ex MPI units were ther, 6515, 6063, 6525 and 6060. Even the HELM units have been sent back to Mid America Car out in Kansas City, even more will be heading south to Progress Rail down in Patterson GA, and the FURX 3000's should be going back as the lease was not renewed as of Jan. 31.
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:20 am
by cnw8835
Lead unit is CSX 8444. 97 cars, 5700 feet.
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:34 am
by GP30M4216
Good size train, nice to hear.
I personally am glad to see lots of these rent-a-wrecks being returned! There's a few that I like - the blue and white CEFX ones come to mind, but I also like to see solid sets of CSXT power which was getting pretty hard to do there for a while.
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:33 pm
by SD80MAC
Sounds like a lot of surplus power! If MQT's own 40-2s crap out, tell them there's lots that aren't being used!
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:40 pm
by i995impalass
MQT 3002 and 3003 seem to be doing good, cant say for 3001 tho,
I only have seen it on the road train a few times, but i dont alway see them ether, that whole middle of the night action., but yea sounds like plenty of spare power if need be -chris
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:16 pm
by Mr. Tops
Q326-24 is CSX 8444/7644/8747, HLCX 7230/6332/6299
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:11 pm
by TrainWatcher
Why are they getting sent back? Are they getting some of the New gevo's? We have a few roaming on the Toldeo and Detroit right now. Even saw 1 with a local and a B&O #9000000 Series shoving platform.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:01 pm
by csxt4617
I don't know if this is why, but they are getting another 100 ES44DC's, in the 5400's. I saw brand new 5413 at Dolton last Saturday. They should have 300 of them when this next 100 is delivered (5200-5499)
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:54 pm
by sd70accsxt700
They are getting 150 up to 5549, with a option of I think 50 or 100
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:01 pm
by patrick
they going to renumber the B30-7's than matt?? I doubt csx is gonna retire working ones..
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:04 pm
by sd70accsxt700
Either retire or re number them, did you see the B36-7 in Dark future, that got sold to the TTI in KY. I cant believe they will send those to a diffrent number series, unless they go to the 5200's. But with nothing else on the market, I see them just keep going up.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:06 pm
by patrick
that dark future that went to TTI was WLO1.. a U36B load test unit
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:09 pm
by sd70accsxt700
No this one was numbered 5800's look at rrpicture archives.Are you sure, what is Waycross using for a test load unit. If that was it it didnt stay in Waycross long. Are you sure you ant thing about the U36B that went to the Mass Call Vol. Fire, thing. That B36-7, was only there for a few months.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:11 pm
by patrick
If a B36 was painted up.. I'm sure someone would have gotta a pic of it. but yea.. TTI already has U36B's.. I'm sure the unit that went to them in DF was the load test unit. Waycross can use ANY unit to load test.. thats not hard..
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:17 pm
by sd70accsxt700
WLO1 went to the Mass Call Vol. Fire train there is a photo of it on railpics.
They replaced it with a B36-7, dont rember the number it is in YN3, WLO2
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:26 pm
by sd70accsxt700
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:31 pm
by patrick
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:10 pm
by RailCanon
Matt,
I read that they are skipping the 5500 series, and going to the 5600s.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:46 pm
by csxt4617
Gregg Pullano wrote:Matt,
I read that they are skipping the 5500 series, and going to the 5600s.
Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I saw on Trainorders that ES44DC 5500 has been spotted at GE.
