Southern Railway Road Slug

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SOU Fan

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September 2005
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Southern Railway Road Slug

Posted by SOU Fan on Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:36 PM

This is just out of the paint shop. She is now headed to the Denver shops to get the sill striping addded to comply with the FRA. She will also get a plow at the denver shops.

-Andrew

woodenwonders

Member since
October 2006
46 posts

Posted by woodenwonders on Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:41 AM

Beautiful work. I was sorry when the Southen scheme was dropped from the Walthers GP 30 run because I know that I could never paint one myself. You really captured it. Werner

tatans

Member since
May 2004
4,115 posts

Posted by tatans on Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:49 PM

Never heard of a road slug before, but rather a good looking engine, was this loco popular?????

joseph2

Member since
January 2003
From: indiana
792 posts

Posted by joseph2 on Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:24 PM

Nice work. CSX also transformed GP30's into road slugs. I know a CSX engineer who prefered to use the slug as the lead unit because it was quiet and air-conditioned.CSX road slugs had an operating fuel tank to transfer fuel to the powered unit. joe

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