Grain Elevator Switchers (lots of pics!)

[foamer4000]

The blue and yellow one is an ex Great Western SW-1 #62. I had an opportunity to opperate her in Loveland Co in about 1984. It is good to see that she is alive and well. What was the town she was located in?
David

[Anonymous]

Oh Ed, the yellow one in the last pic is not an SW1500. The radiator grille does not wrap around the top of the hood on the sides. It also has the wrong head lights. I was just going by what I could see in the book Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years.

P.S. OH, OH, I know, I know. But i'm not telling !!!!!!!!!!!!! [:D] [}:)]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard
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Side note, who know what the C in the CF7 stands for, and what the locomotive started out as?
Clue, think Santa Fe!
Stay Frosty,
Ed

I know! I know! But I'll keep quiet so some others can think about it, too!

[JoeKoh]

i do i do i do!!!
thanks to a man from texas
stay safe
joe

[edblysard]

The "little yellow one" is a ex HBT sw1500.
The two white ones came thru here about 3 years ago, worked out at Cargil in Jacintoport, then went to Galveston.
Note most of them are EMD products?
You have the 65 ton center cab and a Alco, but the old SWs keep on banging away.
Cheap to buy, cheap to fix, and will keep pulling till the wheels burn off.

Side note, who know what the C in the CF7 stands for, and what the locomotive started out as?
Clue, think Santa Fe!
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[Anonymous]

Ok the green one is an SW1200. And I had a brain fart. The little GE center cab is a 65 tonner not a 44.

[Anonymous]

oh, by the way, when you guys at Trains get around to doing an article on unit trains you really need to add an article on the different locomotives used to switch the elevators. i thin k it would be interesting to find the history behind some of these and why they chose the locomotive they did and how they keep them alive and kicking after all these years.

[Anonymous]

number 11, the green radio controlled one has 2 stacks.

[Anonymous]

Ok after a few miniuts of research, here's the list.
1) ALCo S-2 ex SP
2) ALCo S-4
3) GP-9 torpedo boat
4) GE 44 tonner
5)GP-9 w / chopped nose
6)SD-40-2
7)CF-7
8) SW-1200
9)GP-9
10) GP-9
11)SW-8 or 1200 cant see if it has 2 stacks
12) NW-1
13) NW-1
14) SW1200
15) NW-2

That should just about cover it. [:D]

[Anonymous]

WOW. and I thought the CSX SW style that is shoved around here was one of very few still left!

[Anonymous]

Green and White Cargill unit looks to be an EMD SD40-2
Green unit looks to be a GP9u
FEC looks like a GP9

[JoeKoh]

the third one in bn green is a gp 9 the usaf gray one is a ge 44 tonner looks like the others i will look up help please?
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

Nice photos. That one with the graffiti looks like it sat in Taylir Yard for a while...

LC

[Anonymous]

ell, i was sitting here bored as usual, trying to motivate myself to finish up the details on a couple models. so i decided to go through my pictures and do some organizing. i got to looking at all the different grain elevator switchers that i have captured and i decided to post them here. some of them are quite interesting, and some are pretty plain. but i figure we need something to look at besides all the snow and the "i hate UP" threads.

we'll start off in California. all of these switchers are located along the UP line that runs beside Hwy 99 between Bakersfield and Sacramento. there is one CF7 south of Fresno that i keep trying to catch in the open...no luck so far.







this one is actually just east of Ontario on the old SP line. right next to I-15





all these switchers can be found along the UP line across Nebraska and can be seen from Highway 30.


















and these last 2 are on galveston Island. when i was there back in March there were quite a few different types around. galveston Railroad runs a fleet od SW1001's. the giant grain elevators there use a few of these white switchers. and there were a bunch of old SP and SSW SW1500's there also. along with this yellow one and some different ones at the railroad museum. if you love switchers, i would highly recommend a trip to Galveston Texas.





now for the fun part. i have absolutely no idea what type of locomotive most of these are. if you know, please reply and let the rest of us know[:D][:D]