Okay folks, need your help here. I am down for my yearly visit in Jacksonville, and as usual FEC did not disappoint. Two trains, one a southbound short rock train and it met a northbound intermodal. Here's my dilemma..the southbound had interesting motive power. An SD40 in the original blue scheme (nice to see) and a red Progressive Rail engine that kinda looked like a rebuilt SD45. It had flared radiators and said it was CAT powered. It was great to see but can someone tell me exactly what it was? Thanks in advance.
the blue FEC unit would have been a GP38-2 or GP40-2, all of the FEC SD40-2's wear former UP colors with FEC lettering. As for the red Progress Rail unit, that is PRLX #3001, classed as model PR30C by Progress Rail. It is a former SD40-2 which has been heavily rebuilt and now powered by a 3005hp CAT diesel. The new cooling system with flared radiators is part of the package. This unit has been on the FEC for several months now and UP has a lease agreement to test 5 such units for 1 year. If you go to Railpictures.net you can find several photos of the unit in question by searching for PRLX 3001.
Bryan Jones
Thanks Bryan. I thought it was a great catch when I saw it.
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