Nostalgia & History > Switcher Saturday

Date: 04/29/17 09:52
Switcher Saturday
Author: Mr-Beechcroft

When that big grain facility at Verdemont was built in 1989, they started out with this ex-SP NW2.

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Date: 04/29/17 16:22
Re: Switcher Saturday
Author: PHall

The grade this facility is on quickly convinced them that they "Needed a bigger engine."

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Date: 04/29/17 17:21
Re: Switcher Saturday
Author: sphauler

For the last several years an ex-SP tunnel motor has been stationed there.

sphauler

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Date: 04/30/17 05:05
Re: Switcher Saturday
Author: Evan_Werkema

sphauler Wrote:

> For the last several years an ex-SP tunnel motor
> has been stationed there.

Between the switcher and the tunnel motor, they used an ex-NP torpedo boat GP9:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3889516,3889708#3889708
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1256200,1256239#1256239

The SD40T-2 is WRIX 2940, ex-UP 2940, ex-SP 8274.

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