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Big power from Boise

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Big power from Boise
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 7, 2003 2:29 PM
Does anyone know where the MK5000's ended up?
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Big power from Boise
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 7, 2003 2:29 PM
Does anyone know where the MK5000's ended up?
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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:29 AM
I beleive they went to the Utah Railroad. I'm not positive, though.
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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:29 AM
I beleive they went to the Utah Railroad. I'm not positive, though.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:42 AM
thats an awful lot of horsepower for that size of regional RR
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:42 AM
thats an awful lot of horsepower for that size of regional RR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:45 AM
Utah Railroad is in fact where they went.

They haul coal. They're in the mountains. They can use the power.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:45 AM
Utah Railroad is in fact where they went.

They haul coal. They're in the mountains. They can use the power.

Carl

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:49 AM
30,000hp is a lot of ponies
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:49 AM
30,000hp is a lot of ponies
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:59 AM
You're right about that! Of course, you probably wouldn't see them all at once.

They're UTAH numbers 5001-5006. Besides those units, Utah has 10 GP38s, two GP40s, and five SD50s, according to the 2003 edition of the DPA-LTA roster book.

If I remember right, those MK units replaced about a dozen SD40-2s.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 10:59 AM
You're right about that! Of course, you probably wouldn't see them all at once.

They're UTAH numbers 5001-5006. Besides those units, Utah has 10 GP38s, two GP40s, and five SD50s, according to the 2003 edition of the DPA-LTA roster book.

If I remember right, those MK units replaced about a dozen SD40-2s.

Carl

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 11:02 AM
didn't they used to have a bunch of old ALCo's??
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 11:02 AM
didn't they used to have a bunch of old ALCo's??
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 12:08 PM
Yes. They dieselized with a fleet of six-axle Alco 1600-hp road switchers, which were later supplemented by some ex-ATSF "Alligators" and some nee-C&O RSD12s.

Check these out:
http://www.utahrails.net/utah-ry/utah-ry-index.htm
http://www.gwrr.com/default.cfm?action=rail§ion=3B15a

The first site will give you, among other things, a detailed all-time diesel roster.
The second site is on the parent company's official web site.

Carl

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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 12:08 PM
Yes. They dieselized with a fleet of six-axle Alco 1600-hp road switchers, which were later supplemented by some ex-ATSF "Alligators" and some nee-C&O RSD12s.

Check these out:
http://www.utahrails.net/utah-ry/utah-ry-index.htm
http://www.gwrr.com/default.cfm?action=rail§ion=3B15a

The first site will give you, among other things, a detailed all-time diesel roster.
The second site is on the parent company's official web site.

Carl

Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)

CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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