What happens to a locomotive when it is returned to leaseor?
It depends.
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Been watching lines of 4000 series BNSF C44-9Ws leave BNSF with capped stacks and crude GECX marks. They appear to be coming back with new NS or CP paint.
What you are saying if I understand you correctly. GE leasing got them off lease and sold them to NS and CP is that correct?
I haven't heard of NS getting any ex-BNSF locomotives, but KCS bought a batch before the merger, most of those were sent back BNSF to payoff KCS' horsepower-hours deficit. Very few have seen any service on CPKC since the merger. CN has bought 50 or 60 and is going to have Wabtec rebuild them into AC4400C6Ms beginning as soon as Wabtec completes the rebuilding of CN's own Dash-9s.
It appears that CPKC is not going to continue with rebuilds and has ordered new Wabtec ET44AC and possibly ES44AC Tier 4 Credit locomotives for delivery sometime in 2024.
Many years ago there were a lot of stored BNSF and other related marks at the NS repair facility at Chattanooga, TN.
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