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Wonder how many of the old EMC/EMD carbody units will still be around then? I'm guessing most preserved examples will survive, though some may have been rebuilt with later power units, traction motors, etc as by then the oldest survivors will be 100 years old. I think BN may have done this with a couple of F units and an E (now at the Illinois Ralway Museum) as according to their website they're "rebuilt to 38-2 specifications" - guessing this means all mechanical parts swapped for GP38-2 versions? <br /> <br />It's a pretty cool way of keeping an old loco going to my mind - the "back story" to the Erie-Built on my layout is that it was bought as a hulk then repowered with an EMD unit and fitted for HEP so it now offers roughly the same power as when built (but with a more reliable powerplant for which spares are easier to come by) and can now work excursion trains as well as the C&NW Bilevel cars it usually hauls.
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