Pan Am GE DASH 8 Locomotives

First six units tacked onto RJED power, just taken.

Photo by Jim Kane:

Neat.

That's a lot of new power. Wow. Thanks for posting!

Idle daydream:

It would be pretty damned cool if PAR pulled a CMQ and gifted us all with a pair of Dash 8-40Cs painted in MEC yellow and B&M blue.

Just sayin'.

MEC407 wrote:

Brian4449 wrote:I also think they should "Lease or Buy" perfectly running and refurbished GP38-2's, GP15-1's, and GP35's for branch lines and yard jobs,(If there are no more GP40's or GP40-2's up for sale).

This is what they've been doing. I think(?) they've still got a GATX GP15-1 working out of Waterville, and they've got a GATX mother/slug set at East Deerfield.

I forgot to mention that they have a GATX mother/slug set based out of Waterville, too.

Video by MaineRailFanner:

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MEC407 wrote:

MEC407 wrote:

Brian4449 wrote:I also think they should "Lease or Buy" perfectly running and refurbished GP38-2's, GP15-1's, and GP35's for branch lines and yard jobs,(If there are no more GP40's or GP40-2's up for sale).

This is what they've been doing. I think(?) they've still got a GATX GP15-1 working out of Waterville, and they've got a GATX mother/slug set at East Deerfield.

I forgot to mention that they have a GATX mother/slug set based out of Waterville, too.

Video by MaineRailFanner:

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i know i took a picture of it when it was sitting in Millers Falls, i live next to the tracks, I live in near East Deerfield Yard

Will this batch of GE's get I-ETMS gear installed? On MBTA's Dime?

Photo by Anthony King:

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Observation: don't be too put off by the paint on some of these. I've seen worse exterior conditions on much newer units. The ex-FEC SD70M-2s picked up by PW and VTR, for example, had more rust than these Dash 8s despite being 18 years newer.

(I can also say with some certainty that these Dash 8s have fewer electrical gremlins than those SD70M-2s...)

Backshophoss wrote:Will this batch of GE's get I-ETMS gear installed? On MBTA's Dime?

If you mean PTC, no.

MEC407 wrote:Idle daydream:

It would be pretty damned cool if PAR pulled a CMQ and gifted us all with a pair of Dash 8-40Cs painted in MEC yellow and B&M blue.

Just sayin'.

I was thinking about this the other day. That would be cool. When they get the PAR blue dip though I hope they do the black trucks and fuel tank like they did on one of the units recently. The all blue everything looks kinda cheesy

Z31SPL wrote:

MEC407 wrote:Idle daydream:

It would be pretty damned cool if PAR pulled a CMQ and gifted us all with a pair of Dash 8-40Cs painted in MEC yellow and B&M blue.

Just sayin'.

I was thinking about this the other day. That would be cool. When they get the PAR blue dip though I hope they do the black trucks and fuel tank like they did on one of the units recently. The all blue everything looks kinda cheesy

The latest three repaints have all been done with the black underframe. Guess we'll see if they continue the trend when the 512 comes out of the paint shop. Also, don't expect the Dash 8s to be repainted quickly.

GECX 9010-12, 9019-21 & 9023 into Selkirk on CSX L382-01 Tuesday night.

Still in Ohio are the 9008, 9009, 9013,9014,9016,9017,9018.

Part 2 - GECX 9006, 9007, 9015 & 9022 not showing any movement or waybill reported data.

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EDFLD Bill wrote:

Brian4449 wrote:There are 2 Ex Conrail C40-8's Pan AM is getting so lets hope PAR put those together to run on the B&A

Only 1 CR unit included in the 20. CR 6025-CSX 7489-GECX 9014......

pan am is getting 24 EDFLD Bill, CSXT 7496/CR 6042 YN3, CSXT 7517 YN2, CSXT 7518 YN2, CSXT 7523 YN2, CSXT 7528 YN2, CSXT 7535 YN3, CSXT 7552 YN3B, CSXT 7554 YN2, CSXT 7605 YN3, CSXT 7609 YN2, CSXT 7620 YN2, CSXT 7622 YN2, CSXT 7627 YN2, CSXT 7635 YN3B, CSXT 7489/CR 6025 YN3, CSXT 7509 YN3, CSXT 7534 YN3, CSXT 7541 YN3, CSXT 7542 YN3B, CSXT 7545 YN3B, CSXT 7561 YN2, CSXT 7585 YN2, CSXT 7602 YN3, CSXT 7643 YN2