Eastern Railroad Discussion > Help ID former life of Switcher .... 08 December 2018

CBFX #1101 billed to the Mt. Storm Power Station arrived in Keyser, WV in train Q316-06 on Saturday afternoon. I looked in the usual search engines and unable to find out anything about this little blue guy.....

1) Eastbound on 17-mile grade at Bloomington, MD

2) Being taken into the west yard at Keyser.

3) Sitting alone in the west yard, within a couple of hours it will be going west in train T050 heading for Mt. Storm.

 

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1) Helper crew B877-08 with the switcher, backs down to their train at Keyser, WV.

2) B877 leading coal drag T050 westbound out of the east yard at Keyser for the Mt. Storm Power Station. It is assumed that the SW will be replacing the current center cab switcher at Mt. Storm.

Thank You in advance for any help on the history of this unit!


 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/18 07:59 by DTWilson.

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Appears to be an SW1500 - that's the best I can do for now.
Will be interesting to see a photo of the center cab switcher it replaces, if you are able to catch.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/18 08:38 by boejoe.

With that low profile cab I'm thinking it's an SW 1001.

It's an SW1000, not 1001.

SW 1000  Former PLRX 100.  Not sure what it was before that.  Shows as Feb71 build - if that's correct, its would be Ex Birmingham Southern, Burlington Northern, and New Orleans Public Belt, as those are the only 1971 build SW 1000s I've found.

And no ditchlights, implying no planned fast grade crossing action. Most likely an in plant switcher of some kind. 

Mike ONeill
Parker, CO

mcdeo Wrote:
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> And no ditchlights, implying no planned fast grade
> crossing action. Most likely an in plant switcher
> of some kind. 

I would guess at the Mt. Storm Power Station, it would be considered a "plant switcher"......... LOL!

scraphauler Wrote:
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> SW 1000  Former PLRX 100.  Not sure what it was
> before that.  Shows as Feb71 build - if that's
> correct, its would be Ex Birmingham Southern,
> Burlington Northern, and New Orleans Public Belt,
> as those are the only 1971 build SW 1000s I've
> found.

Thank You !
 

Single exhaust stack indicates it's an 8-cylinderr 1000 hp model.

Dick Samuels

Originally Great Lakes Steel #58 > Peaker Services, Inc. #58 > Progress Rail Services Corp. (PRLX) #100 > CIT Rail (CBFX) #1101.

EMD 4615-1, 10/1971.

Mt. Storm plant already has the CBFX 1100 on lease.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/18 21:05 by wag2200.

wag2200 Wrote:
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> Originally Great Lakes Steel #58 > Peaker
> Services, Inc. #58 > Progress Rail Services Corp.
> (PRLX) #100 > CIT Rail (CBFX) #1101.
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> EMD 4615-1, 10/1971.
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> Mt. Storm plant already has the CBFX 1100 on
> lease.

Thank You for the information. I knew the 1100 was up there and they also had the Center Cab, that's why I made reference that it may be replacing the Center Cab....

Tim W.