Boris
Beach Bum
I always wondered why RR‘s let their equipment get like this, no sense of pride or caring?
The RR's primary function is pinching and counting pennies. ...That's all that counts....
I always wondered why RR‘s let their equipment get like this, no sense of pride or caring?
That is a former LMS lease engine. They would spend six months on Conrail and six months on CN.That locomotive is a GE C40-8W. Why it is blue is unknown to me. I'm very happy I was able to photograph her, though. Posted some of the photos on rrailroads.net, in an album I have there.
Shoot, that's lightly weathered! Like Boris said, pinching pennies. When they're in the paint shop or getting washed, they aren't on the road generating revenue! Also in the 1970's businesses began being responsible for runoff from their facilities, and the oils & grease in wash water were a problem, so treatment facilities had to be installed. This meant washing of locos and rolling stock was done at fewer places and less often.
It's the bottom line. Lower costs=higher profirs. Job security with lower costs "If it ain't broke-Don't fix it."The RR's primary function is pinching and counting pennies. ...That's all that counts....
I did venture out, masked up and alone, to see if that blue CN locomotive was still in town. It was!
Happily, I was able to get numerous photos of the engine as it was parked on a siding, and nobody around. It was even parked in a favorable spot for photos. A Christmas gift for me. Here are a couple of the photos:
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That locomotive is a GE C40-8W. Why it is blue is unknown to me. I'm very happy I was able to photograph her, though. Posted some of the photos on rrailroads.net, in an album I have there.
StickShift5
These were lease engines built to Conrail specs (and painted Conrail blue) and splits between Canadian National and Conrail. After the Conrail split, CN wound up with some and the rest were split between CSX and NS (I think).
MIKEY- DEB says "COOL" I can get one. So I need to know from where we can get it. HELP !Greetings from the sunny South!
It is 19m degrees now in central Alabama, but the sun is up.
No modeling Christmas gifts, but I got this shower curtain for the train room bath room.
Phil- my daughter told me that she just "googled" train shower curtains and got several pages to choose from.MIKEY- DEB says "COOL" I can get one. So I need to know from where we can get it. HELP !
Phil
Guy - great photos of #2456! If you were to share those images with the Athearn Genesis folks, I wonder if they would produce a model of it, like they did with the NS heritage units? People seem to like the "oddball" models...Morning!
Guess I'm going ice-fishing again today, in the 22°F cold and a 6mph breeze from the NE. I have to do what the boss wants to do on her time off.
I really need her to discover a time-consuming indoor hobby. As I age, my interest in standing on wind swept ice get's less and less. - Ice-fishing is her favorite winter pastime, though, so I must follow.
Thank you for the likes on my recent postings.
Found myself coming into the shop to see what was happening more than what was necessary. A result of the isolation during lockdown, with rules the wife and I are following for our own safety, and others.
I did venture out, masked up and alone, to see if that blue CN locomotive was still in town. It was!
Happily, I was able to get numerous photos of the engine as it was parked on a siding, and nobody around. It was even parked in a favorable spot for photos. A Christmas gift for me. Here are a couple of the photos:
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That locomotive is a GE C40-8W. Why it is blue is unknown to me. I'm very happy I was able to photograph her, though. Posted some of the photos on rrailroads.net, in an album I have there.
Well, the wife is pushing me to make a move. So I gotta go!
Have a wonderful boxing day!
Curt - luckily, my sister's hospital visit wasn't worthy of media attention (lol)! The virus is gone from her bloodstream, now she just needs time to recover from the damage that was done to her lungs.. . .
IB Ken- I'm glad your sister only had a 2 day stay. We keep hearing nightmare hospital stays on the news.
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