Eastern Railroad Discussion > sacrilage in Ft Wayne

Took a swing by the yard this afternoon, and noticed that, unless my eyes play tricks on me, former NW units 4100,4120,4129, and 1650 have all lost their Leslie S5T horns and have been fitted with dreaded Nathan P5's. I can verify the 1650, having heard it. This does not bode well for the future of the lovely Leslie 5-chime's.
Also, saw cabs NW 518578, NW 555066, and NS 555555. The latter's damages (as reported here previously) must not have been too serious, as it appears to be in service. The infamous "Yellow Cab" of Ft Wayne was not around, but it was here the other night.

Did I&O 84 finally depart? Did it go to the CERA at Kokomo as was anticipated?

Thanks,

Dave

The I&O 84 has been gone for a while, you might try searching, someone reported its new location, but I can't remember.
Also, I forgot to mention earlier, former CR SD40-2 6447 was repainted to NS 3381, but they used large CR-style cab numbers. Anyone see any others like this?

I&O 84 was in Kokomo as of 2/25, along with the two I&O GP35s. Don't know if they've shipped either 35 out for rebuild as has been rumored.

Keith

Keith Burkey
cr6485@trainorders.com

halfmoonharold wrote:
>
> The I&O 84 has been gone for a while, you might try searching,
> someone reported its new location, but I can't remember.
> Also, I forgot to mention earlier, former CR SD40-2 6447 was
> repainted to NS 3381, but they used large CR-style cab numbers.
> Anyone see any others like this?

I've seen a couple. There's a GP38-2 (5354 or something like that)
that's been running to/from the Chicago area with CR style numbers
on the cab. I've also seen a few of the new -9's with skinny numbers
that almost look like Helvetica (similar to the style CSX uses)
instead of the standard style NS uses.