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Nostalgia & History > CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM?Date: 07/09/18 08:19 CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: slacks In the early 1990,s at the Clinton IA depot, caught this eb to CHI with a brace of fresh painted SD-40,s in a nice blue stripped scheme. Some look to be ex-UP but not sure. Never saw them again; what doe,s PLM stand for?
  Date: 07/09/18 08:41 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: sp8192 Date: 07/09/18 08:45 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: pal77 PLM official name was PLM International. I think basically a leasing company whose assets are now part of CIT. As for those SD40's ten of them(dont recall numbers) were headed to the then bankrupt D&H which was still under directed operation by NYSW until later that year. I dont think they performed very well I remember seeing a string of them OOS in East Binghamton NY in the early 90's .
Date: 07/09/18 10:29 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: march_hare When they were on the D&H, crews told me that they had been nicely painted, but that little mechanical rehab had been done. And a matched set really did look pretty good. The ex-UP machines (GATX, if memory serves, and eventually bought outright by CP) seemed to hold up better.
Interesting to note one PLM unit with no dynamic brakes. I don't think I ever saw one on the D&H that lacked dynamics. Date: 07/09/18 11:05 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: tgcostello I photographed a PLM unit in Bow NH in the early 90's. Bow is ~60 miles north of Boston, and was location for a coal fired power plant. At the time it appeared that supply contracts were split between Conrail and the D&H. D&H units typically appeared as CP SD40-2s. I also observed CSX and GATX power on some of these trains. They were interesting times.
Tim Costello Date: 07/09/18 12:05 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: perklocal I used to call it "Please Lease Me!"
Date: 07/09/18 17:07 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: rev66vette perklocal Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I used to call it "Please Lease Me!" Maintenance personnel cried "Please LOSE me!" :) Date: 07/09/18 19:48 Re: CNW frt with PLM SD,s What is the PLM? Author: ALCO630 Atleast one D&H crew around Allentown called them "Presently Loosing Money" units. I also see the 3041 in the line. that was an SD40X with the flared radiators.
Doug Wetherhold Macungie, PA Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/18 19:52 by ALCO630. |