PAR Locomotive Fleet - General Discussion

The comments below this photo offer some explanations:

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Photo by Andrew Ordun:

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MEC407 wrote:Photo by Andrew Ordun:

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"Here comes the cavalry" .... I'll be interested to see if this new power injection helps PAS with improved time keeping.

They have arrived in Selkirk and if reports are true, they should go out on Q633 to
Rotterdam soon...

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gokeefe wrote:

MEC407 wrote:Photo by Andrew Ordun:

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"Here comes the cavalry" .... I'll be interested to see if this new power injection helps PAS with improved time keeping.

Some fun math: the seven locomotives in that photo together weigh 2.8 million pounds. Good thing railroad bridges of that era tend to be seriously overbuilt! (By comparison, seven 286K freight cars fully loaded would be "only" 2 million pounds.)

Delivered to PAR at Rotterdam Jct tonight by CSX Q633-05 at 635PM.

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These are going to stay on EDRJ/Qwhatever run thru power to repay HP hours.

Almost every train that left Deerfield last 24 hours died with power issues. 2 EDPO's dead on D3, POED died, 11R died, EDBF died, BF-1 died.....the list goes on

Yesterdays 287 was 2 light engines. They had to push a short POED up to Gardner, then go down to Athol and try to rescue an EDPO. Believe they canned at Athol.

The "new" power might have MEC marks and Pan Am markings, but they're also 3400s, not 600s. Referencing "Here comes the cavalry," the Pony has already sent the cavalry -- the NS 3400-series loaners that helped keep not only PAS but PAR fluid -- and then retrieved that cavalry.
The numbering seems to a mere mortal civilian more than a hint that the Pony wants to keep a tight rein. Whether Power Control has orders to stifle its creativity in assigning the MEC 3400s I dunno, but -- as posted already -- it does seem predictable that there won't be many of the MEC 3400-series touring east of the Connecticut.

Leased locomotives. 3400 series probably references the HP.

jaymac wrote:The "new" power might have MEC marks and Pan Am markings, but they're also 3400s, not 600s. Referencing "Here comes the cavalry," the Pony has already sent the cavalry -- the NS 3400-series loaners that helped keep not only PAS but PAR fluid -- and then retrieved that cavalry.
The numbering seems to a mere mortal civilian more than a hint that the Pony wants to keep a tight rein. Whether Power Control has orders to stifle its creativity in assigning the MEC 3400s I dunno, but -- as posted already -- it does seem predictable that there won't be many of the MEC 3400-series touring east of the Connecticut.

These new 3400's are owned by GATX. They even have "GATX owned" in small letters on the cab just like MEC 345 and 616. The 3400 numbers were assigned by GATX and fit numerically into the GATX lease fleet. They can't be NS compatible numbers because NS already has SD40-2's of their own numbered 3400-3404 (ex Conrail). The overall consensus seems to be that they'll be assigned to 11R/14R pool service between East Deerfield and Enola, but that remains to be seen.

That said, some serious rein tightening by the Pony does seem very likely sooner than later.

Photos by Max Linder:

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guilfordrailfan wrote:

jaymac wrote:The "new" power might have MEC marks and Pan Am markings, but they're also 3400s, not 600s. Referencing "Here comes the cavalry," the Pony has already sent the cavalry -- the NS 3400-series loaners that helped keep not only PAS but PAR fluid -- and then retrieved that cavalry.
The numbering seems to a mere mortal civilian more than a hint that the Pony wants to keep a tight rein. Whether Power Control has orders to stifle its creativity in assigning the MEC 3400s I dunno, but -- as posted already -- it does seem predictable that there won't be many of the MEC 3400-series touring east of the Connecticut.

These new 3400's are owned by GATX. They even have "GATX owned" in small letters on the cab just like MEC 345 and 616. The 3400 numbers were assigned by GATX and fit numerically into the GATX lease fleet. They can't be NS compatible numbers because NS already has SD40-2's of their own numbered 3400-3404 (ex Conrail). The overall consensus seems to be that they'll be assigned to 11R/14R pool service between East Deerfield and Enola, but that remains to be seen.

That said, some serious rein tightening by the Pony does seem very likely sooner than later.

By newpylong » November 5th, 2015, 11:41 pm
These are going to stay on EDRJ/Qwhatever run thru power to repay HP hours

Have the 3400s been placed in service?

MEC407 wrote:Have the 3400s been placed in service?

Three of the five were in service as of yesterday.
3400 on EDAY
3401 and 3404 on EDRJ