WC's SD45 fleet sent to the scrapper

[Lord Atmo]

so for all we know, many could have already been bidded on. just seeing these machines live to see more operation is good enough for me. no matter what color they are. mainl because i know UP wont buy them :P

Wisconsin Northern should get one. or the Maine Montreal etc road that the former pres. of WC now works for. that a treat that would be for him to get his old SD45s back.

and as for my pipe dream:

CNW 6620 :P

[Anonymous]

Lord Atmo: Can you please stop going on about 620? It was really annoying last week.
Alexander

[Lord Atmo]

i only said it at the very end of my post as a joke. relax

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo

so for all we know, many could have already been bidded on. just seeing these machines live to see more operation is good enough for me. no matter what color they are. mainl because i know UP wont buy them :P

Wisconsin Northern should get one. or the Maine Montreal etc road that the former pres. of WC now works for. that a treat that would be for him to get his old SD45s back.

and as for my pipe dream:

CNW 6620 :P

I doubt if the Wisconsin Northern could afford the fuel costs on an SD45, much less the track structure to hold one of those beasts.
Maine Montreal and Atlantic--uses a fleet of GE's. Ed Burkhardt(ex-Pres of WC, and Pres. of MM&A) started a company called Rail World to run operations in New Zealand and England. Rail World did purchase WC SD45's but only for the prime movers, which were sent overseas. The carcasses were scrapped.

My question to all of you is--If you had the means(money) to acquire a SD45, where would you keep it? You'd have to lease space at a local railyard, or get the local RR to lease your engine for service(not likely, considering age/maintenance issues/fuel costs.)

Nice idea, but way too impractical. As far as museums, the one in St. Louis has an ex- EL 45, in addition to the one in Duluth(GN) and several out west(SP).

The scrap price for a SD45 would probably limit any donation, unless it's a celebrity ("Hustle Muscle", or the first(SP) SD45). JMO[8D]

[Lord Atmo]

that's why i dont intend to buy one. not something you can keep in your backyard. that's why i hope a museum or another railroad buys them. becuase they CAN use them

[Gluefinger]

No, they can't! Fuel and maintenance costs are way too high!

[coborn35]

Not neccesarily. Our museum may be aquiring a WC one and repainting is NP. Its all specualtion.....but.....
It woulnt be like we would run it everyday. Few times a motnh, if that.

Maitnence costs...for the initial startup yes...but we can roll on our own from there most of the way as long as we dont run it till it drops.

Jim, the Hustle Muscle is NOT in Duluth. The NSSR operated it up until 1998 or 1999 (ask Kale) then it was sent back to the Great Northern Railway Historical Society's home base in Minneapolis.At the Jackson St. Roundhouse.

And look what good ole Ed Burkhart did with his new railroad....:http://www.mmarail.com/

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelfdl

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo

so for all we know, many could have already been bidded on. just seeing these machines live to see more operation is good enough for me. no matter what color they are. mainl because i know UP wont buy them :P

Wisconsin Northern should get one. or the Maine Montreal etc road that the former pres. of WC now works for. that a treat that would be for him to get his old SD45s back.

and as for my pipe dream:

CNW 6620 :P

I doubt if the Wisconsin Northern could afford the fuel costs on an SD45, much less the track structure to hold one of those beasts.
Maine Montreal and Atlantic--uses a fleet of GE's. Ed Burkhardt(ex-Pres of WC, and Pres. of MM&A) started a company called Rail World to run operations in New Zealand and England. Rail World did purchase WC SD45's but only for the prime movers, which were sent overseas. The carcasses were scrapped.

My question to all of you is--If you had the means(money) to acquire a SD45, where would you keep it? You'd have to lease space at a local railyard, or get the local RR to lease your engine for service(not likely, considering age/maintenance issues/fuel costs.)

Nice idea, but way too impractical. As far as museums, the one in St. Louis has an ex- EL 45, in addition to the one in Duluth(GN) and several out west(SP).

The scrap price for a SD45 would probably limit any donation, unless it's a celebrity ("Hustle Muscle", or the first(SP) SD45). JMO[8D]

Not really. Its just that they are in a buisness. They are auctioning them all off, but what you get is not an SD45 at all. Its a shell of one. No wipers,some traction motors, batteries, control stand items, doors, chairs,headlights, numberboards, grabirons, ditchlights, sand cap, and many other items have all been removed.
What I would do is buy the old GN (or NP?) or docks in Superior for $100,000 plus, then sell it for scrap for $500,000+ or so (Kale can give you the exact figures) and there you go. Same goes for an SD45.

[coborn35]

Of course, you wouldnt be able to salvage the SD45's parts, cuz CN took them...lol

[Lord Atmo]

NOOO NOT MY BELOVED ORE DOCKS!!!!

why does everything i like always get destroyed?

[coborn35]

Cuz im a dictator. And a DMIR fan.

[rrandb]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nssr9169

well in the car sales world leasing means you get a new vehical to use as long as you obay the terms of the lease and pay monthly dues.......once you have paid the cars value the car can most of the time be bought at that time but up untill then it remains dealership property.....you can't modify them untill then.........I'm going to apply that kind of to the railroads......experimental units were comminly painted into the host rairoads colors....but you don't see any EMDX leaseing units repainted for the railroads who lease them ....If that were true that DMIR SD38 that we rented 2 years ago would be in NSSR paint .........They will be UP property arter the lease agreement is up and UP is satisfied with teir praformence...theyv will have to be purchased of course......

There is a huge difference between a car lease and railroad equipment leases. Railroads are required by Fed. Reg. to paint the name, reporting marks and they can apply hearalds as well. There lease agreements allow them to apply company colors if they are leased for an any extended amount of time. All railcars that are not bought outright are leased, painted in RR's colors and the roads reporting marks are applied. The FEC has some SD40-2's on lease from UP that they painted over all UP marks and applied there own numbers, hearalds and name. There was no time for a whole paint job. Here is a before http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=92554 And after look http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=15913 They also have some engines from LTEX on short term lease that did not get this treetment and are in LTEX colors and marks. If your DMIR SD38 were were there on a long term lease you could paint it whatever color you wanted. Short term usually stay in leasers colors. There are always exceptions. [2c]

[coborn35]

THANK YOU!!!

[wctransfer]

WC 7525, the other OLS unit, is down here today! Havent seen this unit since 2004.

Alec

[Anonymous]

Have any more been scrapped