2007 ES44DC's Under Delivery

CSXT5400-5401 on the property at Selkirk, Certificates of Acceptance signed.

i wonder what their first jobs are going to be, maybe down the B&A?

They will probably hit the B&A just like the 5200/5300's did because they have multi-territory cabs signals, and are designed for pulling as opposed to speed.

CSX Conductor wrote:They will probably hit the B&A just like the 5200/5300's did because they have multi-territory cabs signals, and are designed for pulling as opposed to speed.

Like anything CSX buys is designed for speed....

Great. Just what we need. Another 100 Bongaloid GE's.

CSXT5402-5406 on the property, in service, COAs signed. And they may be Bongaloids...but they work financially, and that's all that matters to this railroad company. Besides, most crews like them. Railfan opinions don't matter to CSXT dude, sorry.

5407 now on the property and in service.

thanks for the updates Wanderer, and please keep them coming

One difference I noticed with the GECO's is the chime of the cab signal every time the alertor is acknowledged, unless you adjust the dimmer on the screen, lol.

A photo of two of the buggers.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=619500

CSXT5407 is out, COA signed, in revenue service. Blt 01/2007.

CSXT5408-5413 delivered. COA's signed. Units in revenue service.

I was just getting ready to ask what day 5410, 5411, 5412 were delivered as they came down the Trenton Sub last night.

Anybody have the GE Order # or any Builder's #'s yet?

I caught 5411 & 5412 out of Rocky Mount NC. on the 17th. They were on the Q409-16 from Selkirk headed to Waycross Ga. This was the first train they pulled. The couplers wernt even rusted yet. Only diffrance we saw was on the conductors side they added a distance counter and new speed recorder display. My engineer found a bad draft coming from the switch panel on the back wall right behind his seat. Its only a matter of time before someone ducktapes it. Same bad dynamic brakes, and slugish power as the 52s and 53s. But hay, they look good anyway.