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Re: (erielack) re: EL 3607

 
Bill K.
  You list only 3 xEL SDP45's on UP, I have a listing sowing 6 they  are the 
following-
 
1. xEL 3654, UP 2767, xSP 8691, xVMV 6685, xCR 6685
2. xEL 3659, UP 2772, xSP 8696, xVMV 6690, xCR 6690
 
3. xEL 3662, UP 2771, xSP 8695, xVMV 6693, xCR 6693
4. xEL 3665, UP 2770, xSP 8694, xVMV 6696, xCR 6696
5. xEL 3666, UP 2769, xSP 8693, xVMV 6697, xCR 6697
 
6. xEL 3667, UP 2768, xSP 8692, xVMV 6699, xCR 6699
 
 Also Montana Rail Link 332 is xEL 3657 a wreck rebuild with a  rear end 
similar to 
SD45-2 


 
HELM  6515 is xEL 3655 xVMV 6686, xCR 6686, xMK 9510
 
EL 3639 in Roanoke museum
 
That makes 9 of the EL SDP45's still around
 
Can any one confirm or give me some correction on the above list
 
Thanks 
Jerry Custer
 
 
In a message dated 8/11/2006 3:32:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
pontiac_@_dreamscape.com writes:

More  interesting is the preserved SDP45 in Roanoke.  Conrail dropped  the
lease on the Dereco-financed units, and they reverted to Norfok  Southern,
who ran the last miles out of them (some still in EL  paint).   I believe the
reason the one went to the museum was as  part of a swap to get either the
611 or the 1218 back for the steam  program.   I'd have to look up in Diesel
Era or X2200S now, but  one order of those was more or less scrapped entirely
when they were  retired, and the other order became lease-fleet fodder and as
a result  rebuild fodder that allowed at least 4 of them to survive in
service to  this day (3 on UP, one HELM).


Bill  K.







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