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Old GE's
Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, June 4, 2007 10:29 AM
Old EMD power is still fairly plentiful and there are still a few roads that operate with primarily Alco rosters.  Besides TransKentucky Transportation and Lake Superior & Ishpeming, are there any other roads that operate primarily with old GE's (Dash-7 or U-Boats)?
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Monday, June 4, 2007 11:10 AM
I believe the MM&A has about a dozen C30-7, ex ATSF and BNs.
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Posted by Randy Stahl on Monday, June 4, 2007 6:17 PM

 nanaimo73 wrote:
I believe the MM&A has about a dozen C30-7, ex ATSF and BNs.

I think your right.

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Posted by Limitedclear on Monday, June 4, 2007 6:50 PM

Finger Lakes Railway in Upstate NY has 5 B23-7s and at least one U23B.

Providence & Worcester in MA/RI has a bunch of dash 8s. They have some dash 7s left I think including some of the former BN cabless B30s.

Ohio Central has some of the old Monogahela Super 7s. 

Meridian Southern Railway in Mississippi has 5 B23-7s.

Nashville & Eastern also runs dash 7s.

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 1:32 AM
 Randy Stahl wrote:

 nanaimo73 wrote:
I believe the MM&A has about a dozen C30-7, ex ATSF and BNs.

I think your right.

How are they doing ? Would you call them reliable or troublesome ?

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 7:11 PM
 nanaimo73 wrote:
 Randy Stahl wrote:

 nanaimo73 wrote:
I believe the MM&A has about a dozen C30-7, ex ATSF and BNs.

I think your right.

How are they doing ? Would you call them reliable or troublesome ?

Very reliable , the guys at Derby make them that way , good attention to quality.

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Monday, June 11, 2007 6:18 PM
The Georgia Central has some high nosed GE U-Boats still "chugging" away on the Lyons to Savannah line in Georgia. 

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Posted by GTW4914 on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 12:32 PM
Up here in michigan on the HURON AND EASTERN they have two U23B's they are ex central michigan units they are used on everything from grain trains to coal trains they are numbered 8905 & 8903.
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Posted by pedrop on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:21 PM
Here in Brazil we have hundred of U-boats in operation condition. Also we imported more than 500 second hand units from US and put them on the tracks again after a small restoration. Some received BB+BB trucks to run on meter gauge tracks and others still run on C-C trucks. Most of brazilian fleeet is GE and the oldest units are from 1956!
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Posted by chad thomas on Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:00 PM

The Modoc Northern has a few, B23-7s I think.

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Posted by BNSF_GP60M on Friday, July 13, 2007 1:40 PM
 chad thomas wrote:

The Modoc Northern has a few, B23-7s I think.

I believe they are former SP B30-7s.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 13, 2007 3:53 PM
 GTW4914 wrote:
Up here in michigan on the HURON AND EASTERN they have two U23B's they are ex central michigan units they are used on everything from grain trains to coal trains they are numbered 8905 & 8903.
In addition to the U23B's, HESR also rosters a pair of ex BNSF C30-7's (one in BNSF Heritage I paint) and an ex BN B30-7, and 3 ex BN B30-7AB's.
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Posted by Railfan1 on Friday, July 13, 2007 4:50 PM
I believe CSX has a few C30-7s left to finish out their years working in Waycross, Ga.
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Posted by Limitedclear on Friday, July 13, 2007 10:12 PM

Also, Penn Eastern Lines in PA runs several B23-7s, B30-7s and perhaps one U-Boat as well as several EMDs.

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Posted by cbq9911a on Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:43 PM
BN U30C 5383 is the "regular" passenger diesel at the Illinois Railway Museum; it was repainted to green and black this past year.

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