While traveling in Janesville, WI today on business I took a few minutes before departing to visit the Wisconsin Southern yards and engine facility there to see what was going on. Imagine my shock to see two old former FNM (Mexican) GP38-2 units in terrible condition sitting dead (with batteries out and cab windows broken) in the yard! The photo below is of a very similar unit (same series) to the ones I saw. The units I saw were numbers 9290 and 9272 and had sub lettering JTPX (anybody know what that indicates?). I assume they have brought these units in as a parts supply for other operable units, can anybody confirm this?
The WSOR aquired 5 of those "mexi-wrex" I believe. I was told the idea is to make them into three good units. From the ones I saw though, that'll take a heck of a lot of work, as they are real junkers! One apparently showed up with the cab doors welded shut, as it didn't have a floor...
Noah
JTPX stands for Joseph Transportation Partners- the units are now the property of the WSOR and have been on property since November. They have acquired 9272, 9290, 9254, 9291, 9214 and 9251 from JTPX- plans are (allegedly) to create a trio of working GP38-2s out of the hulks of these six wrecks.
My shots of the Mexi-wrecks can be found at my Flickr site-
http://flickr.com/photos/nordique72/2055855395/
eolafan wrote: While traveling in Janesville, WI today on business I took a few minutes before departing to visit the Wisconsin Southern yards and engine facility there to see what was going on. Imagine my shock to see two old former FNM (Mexican) GP38-2 units in terrible condition sitting dead (with batteries out and cab windows broken) in the yard! The photo below is of a very similar unit (same series) to the ones I saw. The units I saw were numbers 9290 and 9272 and had sub lettering JTPX (anybody know what that indicates?). I assume they have brought these units in as a parts supply for other operable units, can anybody confirm this?
Do you have any background info on this picture? What a wonderful old train station. I didn't know Oaxaca had one.
It's like a station out of general casting, all the way down to the dog.
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