Western Railroad Discussion > C&IM on BNSF Ottumwa Sub

By happenstance, I saw an eastbound BNSF mixed freight train east of Agency, Iowa at 1:17 PM today. The first four units looked like two BNSF Dash 8s and two BNSF Geeps. This could be the local 664 running at an atypical time. The fifth engine said C&IM on the long hood. It had the number 303, and its reporting mark could be LTEX. Anyone know more about this unit?

Anyway, maybe this post will work as a heads-up for someone. For what it's worth, here a few of the grab shots I managed to get.

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That's an ex. IC SD20. Chicago & Illinois Midland bought a few (5 I think) of those in 1996 right before they sold themselves to Genesee & Wyoming. As one last hurrah, (and possible to give the middle finger to G&W) they painted them in C&IM green and brought their trademark red lightening bolt that they did away with years prior. G&W moved a few of them to other properties and kept one on Illinois & Midland (the G&W version of C&IM) until 2013 when it and the two ex. C&IM SD18s left Central Illinois for an Indiana shortline. G&W finally rounded up all of them and sold them to LTEX last year. I guess that one is going to a new home.

Seems like a couple of these were on the Port Inland (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) limestone railroad for a while.

TJY



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/17 14:46 by icancmp193.

Does someone on TO have the ability to report this unit's progress eastward assuming it is headed to Chicago?

Milwaukee Wrote:
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> Does someone on TO have the ability to report this
> unit's progress eastward assuming it is headed to
> Chicago?

I photographed this unit in Willard Ohio at the Csx yard on 6-11-17.not sure where it's heading to.

Walt

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Milwaukee Wrote:
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> Does someone on TO have the ability to report this
> unit's progress eastward assuming it is headed to
> Chicago?


I brought it in to Galesburg Yard this morning at 2am. It is? at the diesel service area.

Could be the train out of Des Moines. They now run it out of Galesburg instead of West Quincy. It would pick up and set out locomotives for Relco at Albia.

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Q-GP30 Wrote:
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> Could be the train out of Des Moines. They now run
> it out of Galesburg instead of West Quincy. It
> would pick up and set out locomotives for Relco at
> Albia.
>
> Posted from iPhone

Since when did the Des Moines train start coming out of Galesburg instead of West Quincy? News to us over here.

MILW86A

arizonaBNSF Wrote:
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> That's an ex. IC SD20. Chicago & Illinois Midland
> bought a few (5 I think) of those in 1996 right
> before they sold themselves to Genesee & Wyoming.
> As one last hurrah, (and possible to give the
> middle finger to G&W) they painted them in C&IM
> green and brought their trademark red lightening
> bolt that they did away with years prior. G&W
> moved a few of them to other properties and kept
> one on Illinois & Midland (the G&W version of
> C&IM) until 2013 when it and the two ex. C&IM
> SD18s left Central Illinois for an Indiana
> shortline. G&W finally rounded up all of them and
> sold them to LTEX last year. I guess that one is
> going to a new home.

Thank you.

GALDMO/DMOGAL have been running for at least a month.

Relco in Albia is generally served by the Galesburg to Lincoln manifest.

Erik


MILW86A Wrote:
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> Q-GP30 Wrote:
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> -----
> > Could be the train out of Des Moines. They now
> run
> > it out of Galesburg instead of West Quincy. It
> > would pick up and set out locomotives for Relco
> at
> > Albia.
> >
> > Posted from iPhone
>
> Since when did the Des Moines train start coming
> out of Galesburg instead of West Quincy? News to
> us over here.
>
> MILW86A

trainboy03 Wrote:
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> GALDMO/DMOGAL have been running for at least a
> month.
>
> Relco in Albia is generally served by the
> Galesburg to Lincoln manifest.
>
> Erik
>

Are they running everyday or one day up and the next back on the branch?

MILW86A

In the good old days, this was, IIRC, an Ottumwa based turn that ran up to Des Moines and back without outlawing.

MILW86A Wrote:
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> trainboy03 Wrote:
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> > GALDMO/DMOGAL have been running for at least a
> > month.
> >
> > Relco in Albia is generally served by the
> > Galesburg to Lincoln manifest.
> >
> > Erik
> >
>
> Are they running everyday or one day up and the
> next back on the branch?
>
> MILW86A