Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS leasing UP C40-8's

Heads up, a bunch of UP 9100/9200/9300 class Dash 8-40C's are roaming NS, more to come (55 is the rumour).

They should be dead most of the time just like the UP/CNW ones CN just purchased.

Is this a big deal? With the many UP units that run on NS anyway as run thru or horsepower pay back except for the numbers, who would know the difference?

It is a big deal for UP to have standard cab units on the road in their vast sea of wide noses.


rhmich Wrote:
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> Is this a big deal? With the many UP units that
> run on NS anyway as run thru or horsepower pay
> back except for the numbers, who would know the
> difference?

These units are standard cabs though.. becoming more and more rare all the time. Bring em' on I say

Well, it's a big deal that NS is renting junk that was basically on the scrap line. It is reminiscent of CP leading UP FA-1/FB-1's back in the 60's which were scrapped upon their return.

M-636 Wrote:
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> Well, it's a big deal that NS is renting junk that
> was basically on the scrap line. It is
> reminiscent of CP leading UP FA-1/FB-1's back in
> the 60's which were scrapped upon their return.


What happened to the HLCX fleet of SD40 type rebuilds? I know a few ended up on Pan Am, but they seem to be missing in action. Did Helm give up and torch them once CSX returned them and traffic went down?

I was in Silvis, IL (quad cities) a couple of months ago, and there were probably 300 sd40-2's stored there. Mostly bn green. I know both hlcx and furx units were in there.

There is track of HLCX SD40-2s by trim tower in the S Yard in Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati Ohio. At least they were there a month ago.

I just saw one of the UP Dash 8-40C's on the old Monongahela at Mt Sterling (Masontown) PA headed towards Brownsville about 2:30 this AM. Sorry no pic, I was working on the river at the time.

tihess Wrote:
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> These units are standard cabs though.. becoming
> more and more rare all the time. Bring em' on I
> say

And those of us who run them will be glad when all those standard cab junkers are razor blades. UP can keep 'em, as far as I'm concerned. :-)

Some have been sold, and there are groups stored all over. NS recently put some HLCX SD40-2's in service in addition to the GMTX/HLCX/CEFX SD60's it has.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/16/10 15:49 by M-636.

There are a bunch of HLCX SD40-2's, of various heritage being used in the Roanoke area. Many are painted in BNSF Heritage I or BN green, but other scheme's have been seen as well including former BC Rail Red/White/Blue units. In addition, there have been an abundance of HLCX (ex-UP) SD60's pressed into service as well as Oakway "EMD Demo" SD60's.

Hank
Roanoke, VA

Here are many times I prefer a standard cab over a wide body. Especially if the wide body is a desktop!