Eastern Railroad Discussion > Hooray for the red, white and blue and yellow and black

Was down in Kansas City, MO from Sunday til yesterday and was fortunate enough to capture 2 freshly painted units at Mid America car shops.

1. The Florida East Coast SD70M-2, "Rail America" unit.
2. Fresh out of the booth sits Iowa Interstate 507 and 509 ES44AC's.

Also a note, they were firing up some of those EMLX ex UP SD90MACS for some reason. Maybe anyone local in KC on the list can answer as to why?

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Wow, that FEC will make a heck of a contrast in with those blues and yellows and the blue&yellows.
Randy Allard

I've always wondered why they don't repower those SD90s with 710 engines, effectively turning them into SD90/43MACs, which don't have many of the problems that the straight 90s do...

>>MC

So how many of those IAIS units are likely to reach home rails within a week or so?

toledopatch Wrote:
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> So how many of those IAIS units are likely to
> reach home rails within a week or so?


The 507 & 509 were still at Mid America today.

Mr. Slides

http://www.mr-slides.com

509 and 507 were sitting at the KCS engine facility tonight, away from Mid America. Look for them to head north tomorrow. There are still 3 in primer sitting in the mix of all of the SD90MAC's at Mid America.

What is the reason for all of the EMLX SD90MACS at Mid America? I had heard from someone they were going to scrap and keep what parts they could for using them on the SD70ACE's, but like I said earlier, they fired up at least 2, maybe 3 while I was there yesterday.

tchowee Wrote:
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> What is the reason for all of the EMLX SD90MACS at
> Mid America? I had heard from someone they were
> going to scrap and keep what parts they could for
> using them on the SD70ACE's, but like I said
> earlier, they fired up at least 2, maybe 3 while I
> was there yesterday.


The EMLX SD90MAC-H's are NOT going to scrap. The 21 Phase I SD90MAC-H's (the ones with the same cab and nose as the SD9043MAC's) which were owned by UP are the units which are being scrapped. These particular units are numbered UP #8911-8931.

Bryan Jones
Brooks, KY
Bryan's Train Photos

mc5725 Wrote:
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> I've always wondered why they don't repower those
> SD90s with 710 engines, effectively turning them
> into SD90/43MACs, which don't have many of the
> problems that the straight 90s do...
>
> >>MC


Not only are the EMD 265H prime-movers wack, so are the electronics in those units. That's probably why those UP units are being scrapped.

SantaFeRuss