Eastern Railroad Discussion > New GE's

A thread from a couple days ago mentioned new GE's that came into Elkhart. Here they are 2 days ago heading out on 19K. They were sharp looking but besides from the numbers, (1015-1018), they had no visible reporting marks. The prior thread stated they are GECX. There were some words in Spanish low on the long hood that included Cenejon, Columbia , so I would guess they are headed for South America. Anyone know?

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Units are destined for Cerrejón Carbones, a Columbian company that transports coal from the Cerrejón Coal Mine to Puerto Bolivar for export. It currently rosters an AC4400CW and four ex-NS B36-7s and an ex-CR B36-7. These units are numbered atop the lone AC4400CW (1014).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/12 08:45 by Habu.

Why can't we have loco that look this good?

That white isn't going to look so good after a few weeks of service...

Real life LEGO trains! YES!

They'll look even better with Colombian weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.

Reminds me of the old Houston Astros uniforms.

jukeman5391 Wrote:
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> They'll look even better with Colombian
> weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed.


LOL.......

AfroRon Wrote:
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> That white isn't going to look so good after a few
> weeks of service...


Dirty & fire damaged within a month; a sucker's bet.

Frontrunner Wrote:
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> AfroRon Wrote:
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> > That white isn't going to look so good after a
> few
> > weeks of service...
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> Dirty & fire damaged within a month; a sucker's
> bet.

So you're saying they will be "Up in Smoke" in a month?

NSTopHat

NSTopHat Wrote:
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> Frontrunner Wrote:
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> > AfroRon Wrote:
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> > > That white isn't going to look so good after
> a
> > few
> > > weeks of service...
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> > Dirty & fire damaged within a month; a sucker's
> > bet.
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> So you're saying they will be "Up in Smoke" in a
> month?
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> NSTopHat


HA!!!

Pump

tihess Wrote:
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> The prior thread stated they are GECX.

Just using GECX for shipping purposes.

Frontrunner Wrote:
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> AfroRon Wrote:
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> > That white isn't going to look so good after a
> few
> > weeks of service...
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> Dirty & fire damaged within a month; a sucker's
> bet.


8 years with a railroad that's 2/3 GE I have yet to have one go into self-toast mode... Not saying it doesn't happen, we've all seen the evidence. But its not as common as many in the community would like to think.