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Eastern Railroad Discussion > What Ever Became of These?Date: 09/29/14 22:44 What Ever Became of These? Author: Trainatic Back in 2010, I caught NS 4300 and NS 4001 in Decatur, IL. They were CAT-powered, modified SD-50's (or 60's). Are these still around somewhere, or were they prototypes that are gone? Just curious about what became of them.
1. NS 4001 2. NS 4300   Date: 09/29/14 23:16 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: NSDash9 NS PR43C units 4000-4001 (standard cabs) and 4002-4011 (wide nose and cab), as well as PRLX 4300 (standard cab) generally work on NS out of Alabama.
Chris Toth NSDash9.com Date: 09/30/14 03:43 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: M they are in captive service between Birmingham , al & Chattanooga , tn
 Date: 09/30/14 06:28 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: hwb36604 Here are three of them on NS A55 working Tuscaloosa in August of 2013. We refer to them as "bulldozers" in these parts
 Date: 09/30/14 14:34 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: tx_trainman54 Just curious if these are pretty good units with the Cat engines?
Date: 09/30/14 15:47 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: FCP901 I was in Irondale, AL. last week. Nine of them were stored out of service (4000, 4002, 4003, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4009, 4011, 4300) and two others returned from Chattanooga dead-in-tow (4004, 4010). It could be they were all waiting for parts or some other reason. In my opinion, the future does not look good for these units (Again, my opinion ONLY!)
FCP901 Date: 09/30/14 17:39 Re: What Ever Became of These? Author: junctiontower The sooner Caterpillar quits screwing around with prime movers that were not specifically designed for locomtive use, the better off they will be. Either figure out how to make the 710 work, move on to the 265 or design something new from the ground up, but quit wasting time with this junk.
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