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Western Railroad Discussion > Are these guys still around???Date: 01/16/03 18:12 Are these guys still around??? Author: goofey GE gray sharks? #8533 just coming around the wye in Irving, Tx...summer '88...about to head west on old Rock Island line to Fort Worth..
 Date: 01/16/03 18:17 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: toledopatch They are all off the BNSF roster, but are now making the rounds in the second-hand market. Connecticut Southern has a few, Providence & Worcester is in the process of getting 10 (and repainting them, HURRAH!), and now there are a bunch on lease to the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic. Don't know numbers or the dispositions of the rest....
Date: 01/16/03 18:19 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: Evan_Werkema goofey wrote:
> GE gray sharks? The LMX B39-8's leased on a power-by-the-hour basis by BN(SF) were turned back at the end of June of 2001: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?f=1&i=63666&t=63666 Defying the odds, some have since been resold to shortlines. Date: 01/16/03 18:21 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: ATSF2324 There are two or three sitting in Ordway, Colorado
Date: 01/16/03 19:07 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: Michael_SD40-2 These "LMX" locomotives are piles of junk. They are poorly maintained, barely run, and stink to high heavens (toilet). I'm glad the BNSF doesn't use them anymore. They were used quite a bit when I was still in service. I hope they stay on other roads or at least in MU'd consists but forget being on the head end! I won't return to service for another year and half. We'll see.
Michael_SD40-2 BNSF Southwest Division US NAVY (active) Date: 01/16/03 19:56 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: bn9555 June of 2001 sounds right, last I saw of them was in Wisconsin in May 2001. A pair of them on a MNTWBRC.
Jeremy Date: 01/16/03 22:40 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: ball-n-bar AHHH...The last time I saw these girls was at the Belt railway of Chicago's Clearing yard outside Chicago on 2/27/02. Sitting in the middle of the yard was #8500, 8501, 8503, 8507, 8508, 8510, 8512, 8513, 8514, 8515, 8517, 8520, 8521, 8523, 8524, 8527, 8528, 8529, 8532, 8534, 8537, 8538, 8542, 8545, 8547, 8562, 8564, 8570, 8571, 8573, 8577, 8580, 8581, 8582, 8584, 8586, 8587, 8588, 8589, 8590, 8595, 8598 & 8599!!!!!!
Ken Larson UP Chicago Date: 01/17/03 02:15 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: Larry576 Most of them have been transferred to GECX for ownership and so relettered.
Larry Date: 01/17/03 08:35 Re: Are these guys still around??? Author: frnocom Two are use on the rock and rail train on bnsf from pueblo to kelker, CO. CEFX 8572 and I think 8506.
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