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Eastern Railroad Discussion > History of this "Rent a Wreck"Date: 09/13/06 15:01 History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: keysubdiv Saw this unit on the Sandpatch webcam on Sunday. Trailing unit on Q-217:
Does anyone know the heritage of the HLCX 6429 and what it was built from? TWL Date: 09/13/06 15:18 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: SP_8299 Looks like an ex-Santa Fe SD45-2. Also looks like they made some heavy mods to the radiator section - shorter SD40/40-2 style grills, and closer spacing on the radiator fans (new SD40-2 cores installed?).
PE Date: 09/13/06 16:55 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: edhorm Someplace out there is a at one-time Tunnel Motor that had its radiator section replaced. This could well be that unit. I just read about it somewhere in the past 2 weeks, but, do not recall where, or whether they even mentioned it's number.
Date: 09/13/06 17:14 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: SP_8299 Sounds like you're thinking of NREX 9402 (ex-SSW 9402), which was an SD45T-2 that had its entire long hood replaced with one from an NS (SOU) SD40-2. The result was a VERY long rear porch. The unit in this thread still appears to be an SD45-2, albeit with a modified radiator section (new grills, new fan hatch). Also, the cab rooftop gear makes it appear to be an ex-ATSF unit, not SP/SSW.
PE edhorm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someplace out there is a at one-time Tunnel Motor > that had its radiator section replaced. This could > well be that unit. I just read about it somewhere > in the past 2 weeks, but, do not recall where, or > whether they even mentioned it's number. Date: 09/13/06 21:09 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: AmericanLines SP_8299 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like you're thinking of NREX 9402 (ex-SSW > 9402), which was an SD45T-2 that had its entire > long hood replaced with one from an NS (SOU) > SD40-2. The result was a VERY long rear porch. > The unit in this thread still appears to be an > SD45-2, albeit with a modified radiator section > (new grills, new fan hatch). Also, the cab > rooftop gear makes it appear to be an ex-ATSF > unit, not SP/SSW. > > PE > Actually, there have been several ex-Tunnel Motor rebuilds over the years. One of the first if not the first was HELM 8507 that was rebuilt from ex-SP SD40T-2 8507 around 1991. It featured a conventional SD40-2 radiator section. This unit was later sold to SW Portland Cement. There is also a ex-DRGW SD40T-2 that was wrecked and sold to a rebuilder. They in turn rebuilt it with a SD40-2 radiator section and sold it to CP Rail during the era when they were buying used SD40-2's. I don't remember the CP Rail number but I do remember that it wore a oxide red primer paint scheme. Date: 09/13/06 21:50 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: redneckrailfan keysubdiv Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Saw this unit on the Sandpatch webcam on Sunday. > Trailing unit on Q-217: > > > > > Does anyone know the heritage of the HLCX 6429 and > what it was built from? > > TWL here is the real deal regarding this unit. It was recently discussed on Loconotes and the heritage is confirmed. This unit started life originally as an ATSF SD45-2. It was later rebuilt by the ATSF with a CAT prime mover and renumbered ATSF #5855. During rebuild it had the radiator section modified as seen in the photo. It was later sold to Morrison Knudsen who then leased it to the Utah Railway as Utah #9012. It suffered a prime mover failure while on the Utah and was re-engined at MK in Boise,Idaho with a 20-645, turning it back into an SD45-2. At the end of the lease with Utah it ended up being sold to Helm Leasing and ran for awhile as HATX #9012 on the Puget Sound & Pacific and later for a short time in general lease service. It was just rebuilt to SD40-2 specs a few months ago and is now classed as an SD40-2 and during rebuild was renumbered and given the gray dip paintjob. The few remaining Helm SD45's and SD45-2's are all being rebuilt to SD40-2 specs and going into the 6400 series. Bryan Jones Brooks, KY Bryan's Train Photos Date: 09/14/06 00:43 One More? Author: keysubdiv Thanks for the info. Here`s one more. This looks like a standard SD40 rear on a n SD40-2 making for an extra long rear porch. Anyone know what was up with it? And who`s blue paint scheme?
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=28594 TWL redneckrailfan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > keysubdiv Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Saw this unit on the Sandpatch webcam on > Sunday. > > Trailing unit on Q-217: > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know the heritage of the HLCX 6429 > and > > what it was built from? > > > > TWL > > here is the real deal regarding this unit. It was > recently discussed on Loconotes and the heritage > is confirmed. > > This unit started life originally as an ATSF > SD45-2. It was later rebuilt by the ATSF with a > CAT prime mover and renumbered ATSF #5855. During > rebuild it had the radiator section modified as > seen in the photo. It was later sold to Morrison > Knudsen who then leased it to the Utah Railway as > Utah #9012. It suffered a prime mover failure > while on the Utah and was re-engined at MK in > Boise,Idaho with a 20-645, turning it back into an > SD45-2. At the end of the lease with Utah it ended > up being sold to Helm Leasing and ran for awhile > as HATX #9012 on the Puget Sound & Pacific and > later for a short time in general lease service. > It was just rebuilt to SD40-2 specs a few months > ago and is now classed as an SD40-2 and during > rebuild was renumbered and given the gray dip > paintjob. The few remaining Helm SD45's and > SD45-2's are all being rebuilt to SD40-2 specs and > going into the 6400 series. Date: 09/14/06 06:28 Re: History of this "Rent a Wreck" Author: csxt4617 AmericanLines Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > There is also a ex-DRGW SD40T-2 that was wrecked and sold > to a rebuilder. They in turn rebuilt it with a > SD40-2 radiator section and sold it to CP Rail > during the era when they were buying used > SD40-2's. I don't remember the CP Rail number but > I do remember that it wore a oxide red primer > paint scheme. Doing a little google searching (assuming the sites are correct), it wasn't the red one. The red one was 5447, which shows as being ex-CNW 6910. It was CP 5449, which was one of the other two of the "three ugly sisters" (as I heard them called years ago :) that was painted gray. 5448 was the other one, which was an SD40-2 (MP I think, without dynamics) |