Western Railroad Discussion > UP locomotive storage question

Just saw a drone video from 3 years ago showing 4.3 miles of locomotives in storage in Arizona off of I 10

Anyone know if they are still there?

Gary

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No long gone. They were stored on a stub of the old mainline east of Tucson that was bypassed over 10 years ago.

Thanks for the reply. Anyone know if they were scrapped or back in service


Gary

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I remember getting some videos on the Engine Moves when that was taking place.  Lots of SD-60Ms and Dash 8s were very common in the moves we caught.

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mully Wrote:
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> Thanks for the reply. Anyone know if they were
> scrapped or back in service
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> Gary
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> Posted from iPhone

Some went back in service when traffic picked back up, but few if any will still be in service now (if that makes sense). Many Dash-8s have been scrapped. SD60Ms and Dash-9s stored. I guess if there were some standard cab SD60s in that line, they might be in local service somewhere, but I mostly remember the EMDs in the line being 60Ms from the videos I saw.

Thanks is that line still used for storage?

Gary

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Units stored at Pantano circa 2015-2016 were SD60M, C40-8, C40-8W, C41-8W, and C44-9W. At the max, 306 units were stored there. From November 2017 to April 2018 all the units were removed in small groups. The SD60M and C44-9W were mostly returned to service, although they are all stored again now. The C40-8, C40-8W, and C41-8W were mostly sold to GE or for scrap, with a handful kept by the UP. Nothing is stored at Pantano currently.