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SD45-2's. are there any still in active service besides the NS units?

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Posted by Commissar_Elmo on Monday, August 31, 2020 2:47 PM

after closer inspection, there are 10 nits still there, all of them are in the process of being scrapped however.

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Posted by Commissar_Elmo on Monday, August 31, 2020 2:32 PM

Ok, i did find out the fate of around 9 of the NRE/ ex BNSF/ ex ATSF units. apparantly they are still on NRE property as of 2020 satelite image in silvies

 

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SD45-2's. are there any still in active service besides the NS units?
Posted by Commissar_Elmo on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 4:05 PM

I know that all of CSX's ex seaboard and Conrail/ EL units were retired except for 2 that were donated and a test load unit, some of the retired went to MRL and some were rebuilt and retired. NS still has all the Former Erie they got in the split in active service on Conrail Shared Assets. But what happened to all of BNSF's former Santa Fe units. i know a lot of them were scrapped and some were rebuilt into SD40-2R's, and some went to NRE. I know the MRL were scrapped. but what happened to some of the BNSF units that weren't Rebuilt or Scrapped? what happened to the CSX units that weren't sold to MRL or donated? And what happened to the NRE Units?

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