Western Railroad Discussion > Big GEs that Bumped the EMD Hood Units

The A&C interchange train crosses OX Wash Bridge and heads for exchange of trains with the BNSF Phoenix Local at Castle Hot Springs.As reported earlier the A&C emblems have not yet been applied.This was my first photo attempt of the A&C since the new power took over.After numerous visits dating back to startup I expect far fewer visits in the future.I have been well aquainted with the  GEs while on BNSF and I much prefer the EMDs as both a rail fan and  a railroader.The paint job is cool though.The image was recorded last week.Bill Webb.

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Very nice, one of the advatages of living near the tracks!

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Beautiful shot!

JG

Great angle.

So, are these 25 year old GE units gonna hold together equally or better than their 45 year old EMD counterparts? I guess time will tell...

~ Mr. MRL

Nice catch. Yes, quite the letdown after twelve years of excellent green and cream. The decals will be an improvement though.
JB

WP Disco Dave and I wandered thru there just about 20 years ago as they were changing the turbo on one of
those "almost wet" green and creme units, man does time fly!

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I'm really starting to have my doubts that those are ever going to get nose logos. They have been in service like that for about 6 months now. Heck, there are B32s on a G&W shortline somewhere else (Georgia Central, I think) that have not had the logos applied and have been running for a few years

Very NICE catch!!

Larry

Great shot!

PCBill

arizonaBNSF Wrote:
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> I'm really starting to have my doubts that those
> are ever going to get nose logos. They have been
> in service like that for about 6 months now. Heck,
> there are B32s on a G&W shortline somewhere else
> (Georgia Central, I think) that have not had the
> logos applied and have been running for a few
> years

That is indeed the Georgia Central. It's possible you saw early photos of them, because logos were applied to all of the ex NS B32-8s within about 6 months of their arrival, some faster than others.

Here's a shot I took of the B32-8s not too long after their arrival--

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133436477@N08/51989482029/in/dateposted-public/

Mike Derrick

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MrMRL Wrote:
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> Great angle.
>
> So, are these 25 year old GE units gonna hold
> together equally or better than their 45 year old
> EMD counterparts? I guess time will tell...
>
> ~ Mr. MRL

I know at least one G&W property that would love to give these 25 year old "youngsters" a try...because on any given day, 2 or 3 of their EMD counterparts are out of service. They've blown 3 turbos in the past year alone.

G&W does little more than give the units they acquire a coat of paint. The SD40-2s and GP38-2s acquired in recent years were beat when they showed up on the property, and for the roads that do heavy-haul mainline running that require the throttle to go beyond notch 3, it doesn't take long for the age and lack of a true rebuild to show.

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Great photo, Bill.

Rich