8882 was photographed this morning, 1/25/2013, at Deepwater, NJ. Fire damage has been repaired and she's been repainted.
Back in my conductor days I had just gotten off my engines in the servicing area at Linwood and was waiting for the van to take me and the engineer to the dorm when 8882 pulled close enough for me to take a few photos of it with my trusty disposable camera. Made a pretty decent shot of it. I always like the standard cabs from a visual standpoint and tried to keep up with 8882 as the years wore on. Kinda weird, huh.
baberuth73 Heard yesterday that 8882 has been removed from storage. Big Jim will be overjoyed to hear that.
Heard yesterday that 8882 has been removed from storage. Big Jim will be overjoyed to hear that.
Looks like it was headed for Juniata.
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baberuth73 Hence the moniker "TOASTER". It would appear that one of the last standard cab -9's has pulled its' last train.
Hence the moniker "TOASTER". It would appear that one of the last standard cab -9's has pulled its' last train.
sadly, most of the fuel line fires on those things are only a few days worth of repair. mostly just running new wiring harness for the diesel.
Oh darn. In an effort to keep my scale model of it prototypical I put it to the torch!
NS is not retiring the C40-9's. The unit suffered some rather typical fire damage, it will be repaired and returned to service.
Bryan Jones
Some would say a build-up of crumbs finally caught fire.
A cracked fuel line or turbo fire?
It appears NS 8882 might have sustained fire damage in Lebenon, Pa. back during the summer...
07/05/2012 04:05:45 PM EDT
WEST LEBANON - Emergency crews had to battle not only a fire in a Norfolk Southern locomotive but also temperatures that reached in the mid-90s on the nation's birthday.
"It could have been a cooler day," said Chief Butch Miller of West Lebanon's Speedwell Fire Co.
Three Norfolk Southern locomotives in tandem were pulling an eastbound train, mostly cars loaded with what appeared to be land-sea container boxes and truck trailers, when the middle locomotive caught fire somewhere west of Cleona.
When the train came to a stop, the engines were located about 100 yards west of the 16th Street crossing.
"We set up two (fire) engines and attacked it from both sides (of the tracks)," Miller said. "I was surprised by how quickly it was knocked down."
Once the fire was brought under control, Hazmat crews were then tasked with containing the 2,200 gallons of diesel fuel leaking from the damaged locomotive.
"The fuel is the biggest problem," Miller said.
Hazmat crew members donned protective suits and masks to find a way to contain the leaking fuel.
Firefighters were originally dispatched to East Pine and North Center Streets in Cleona at 2:07 p.m. But the train didn't stop there, and they were quickly redirected to West Lebanon Township at the 16th Street crossing.
To deal with the heat, Lebanon Fire Department's Rescue 24 and a Quick Response Service unit from Bellegrove Community Fire Co. were dispatched to set up cooling stations for emergency crews.
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Frank
I would agree that the Dash 8's were junk. You could read a novel by the time they were done loading up. Not the most reliable either. They had pretty good visibility with the short nose though.
Looks like it's stored at Roanoke since July 12th.
I see there are a bunch stored in Roanoke Yard at this time. Hip hip hooray!!!
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BigJim I hope those pieces of junk are all scrapped!
I hope those pieces of junk are all scrapped!
I'll second that! The only time I've ever stalled and been stranded has been with 8700 and 8800 motors. Most of these things are well shot I'm quite sure they are not putting out their 4000 horses. I don't know how much value they have in the rebuild market because most have seemed to have been well used, but if they do have a second life they better come with wide-noses like the new 6900s.
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The wide cabs are ok for crew comfort but I liked having a door in front of me to get more air flow in the warm months as locomotive air conditioners weren't as dependable then as they are now. Here in South Carolina we only have two seasons : summer,summer, summer, and fall. The two weeks of winter weather don't count. Also, the standard cab engines are more visually appealing to me.
Ever once in a while, I will see a straight-cab Dash-9 on the Illinois Division. I also see from time to time straight-cab Dash-8's. Pretty neat locomotives.
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Found out today that she's stored but serviceable. I guess that doesn't bode well for a 17 year old GE.
Most of the Dash-8's on NS have been in storage until recently. Of late, I have noticed more Dash-8's in the 8700 and 8800 series plus ex-Conrail Dash-8's back in service. I would counsel patience.
Has anyone seen NS 8882 lately? She's one of the last standard cab dash 9's and was one of my "pet" engines when I was with the NS. Haven't seen her in almost a year.
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