CtDOT/SLE GP40-2H STATUS THREAD

[Clean Cab]

That may be true, but an EMD sounds so much better!!

[runningwithscalpels]

That may be true, but an EMD sounds so much better!!

You mean like this? =P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJHgO94bMAE

[DutchRailnut]

Yes John sound is so important for performance, kind og like a Mustang GT with Automatic transmission

[Clean Cab]

It may have had an automatic transmission, but it could blow your 6 cylander Mustang away!!

[DutchRailnut]

nope, ask Sean Farrel

[Jeff Smith]

Yes John sound is so important for performance, kind og like a Mustang GT with Automatic transmission

I'm sorry John, but a Mustang Automatic qualifies as a crime against humanity.

And Dutch, not everyone got to serve in the Royal Dutch Navy for her Majesty Queen Trixie.

Me? I just did a burn out in a 99 Malibu with 250k with front wheel drive. Granted, the pavement was slightly wet and it was on a grade, but still

[Clean Cab]

This thread has been hijacked by car nuts!!!

[Tadman]

Hey some of us just like machines, be it trains or cars (or in my case, mechanical wristwatches - I spend time on that forum, too).

So the question arises - does Dutch drive a V6 Mustang?

If you live in a major metro area, automatic is acceptible. Try driving stick in city traffic, you'll want to jump in front of a fast train. When I moved back from BNSF territory to CTA territory a few years ago, I traded my 5-spd manual for a 5-spd auto. Way easier to chase trains, too...

Back to topic, If SLE has 12 locomotives and 4 are necessary, why don't they sell the 6 geeps? Those would be ideal for a shortline or regional and bring big money if de-turbo'd.

[kitn1mcc]

i think they plan to hold onto them for springfield line

[Jeff Smith]

And if they got off their ass, they could run them to New Milford as shuttles connecting to shuttles. Or to Torrington or Bristol as shuttles to shuttles. Instead of spending money on #buswayboondoggle.

[Train2009]

I saw one the other day Sunday 09/23 at New Haven-Union Station and it was #6694.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAGImw9FRLc

[shadyjay]

Looks like overhauls for the GP40-2Hs and the P40s are in the cards:

http://www.biznet.ct.gov/scp_search/Bid ... ?CID=29619" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Summary: Overhaul of P40 and Top Deck Overhaul of GP40 Locomotives for the Connecticut Department of Transportation

So if this is the case, most likely these locomotives will be around for awhile and will be destined for NHHS service (after enough M-8s come online and platforms are upgraded to convert SLE over to "all electric". And most likely we'll see yet more "McGinnis"-inspired paint. The NH lives on.....

[F-line to Dudley via Park]

That was always the plan. Rehab them before the 2016 start of NHHS service. Although they were originally expecting them to be in storage for a few years, figuring the M8's would have taken over all SLE service much sooner. At the rate that order's going these locos may need to be put briskly through the overhaul program to be ready in time for their new assignment.

I'm wondering if 14 SLE locos is going to be enough for NHHS when contingencies for spares and shop time factor into the planned starter schedule. They might be interested in acquiring a few more...be it NJ Transit's 4 ex-ACES P40's or some of the MBTA's GP40MC's that'll be re-sold in 2015.

[shadyjay]

There's still some 14 or so unrebuilt P40s sitting on Amtrak. Not sure how far gone they are, but always a possibility.

[NH2060]

It's about time! I remember riding behind the Geeps to school back in 2006 and feeling infuriated of the train frequently being delayed.

Btw what exactly does a "top deck" overhaul involve? Seeing as the Geeps were fully rebuilt in the mid 90s is this yet another full rebuild?