STATUS OF THE **BL20-GH** FLEET

atsf sp wrote:Is a BL20GH operating at Stamford or a GP35 right now cause I saw one shuffling cars around the yard last night but couldn't identify it?

Switcher in Stamford is a GP35r, I believe 102 .

The 112 is on the main upper Harlem Line mini with the 125 now turned the right way on the spare mini in Brewster yard. Also the 114 is sitting on track 18 as their switcher/protect locomotive.

Train538 wrote:111 is the leader of the Waterbury mini-bomb.

#128 is now the second Loco on the Waterbury Branch with the #111 still the leader as of this month 3/2012.

On my way home from work this evening I could see #1981 sitting at Waterbury about to depart and both engines were Metro North scheme BL20s. I would assume one is 111.

129 at Stamford with GP35 #105

111 & 113 on the Waterbury Mini today. 111 Leading.

110, 128, and 126 all sitting at the Harmon diesel facility today.

#130 is the Stamford Yard Switcher
#113 still on the Waterbury Mini-Bomb...#111 was off the set now has #129.


Videos of the Waterbury Mini-Bomb from Saturday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkEAYWRpFC8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRgrYRfse0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKK6iK_9s3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45dNNM4vq5w

FL9AC wrote:110, 128, and 126 all sitting at the Harmon diesel facility today.

Last night Saturday 3/17 #128 ran lite from NWP to Brewster.

Last night Sunday 3/18 #125 and #114 went to Harmon.

#129 was off the Waterbury Mini-Bomb and now has #111.

This past Weekend Saturday 3/31 #112 went to Harmon and it died on the Wassaic Branch on Friday 3/30. It was towed out of Southeast Yard by GP35R #103.

Train2009 wrote:This past Weekend Saturday 3/31 #112 went to Harmon and it died on the Wassaic Branch on Friday 3/30. It was towed out of Southeast Yard by GP35R #103.

Either opinion or fact, but have the BL20-GHs become less than dependable replacements for the FL-9s?

Penn Central wrote:

Train2009 wrote:This past Weekend Saturday 3/31 #112 went to Harmon and it died on the Wassaic Branch on Friday 3/30. It was towed out of Southeast Yard by GP35R #103.

Either opinion or fact, but have the BL20-GHs become less than dependable replacements for the FL-9s?

HEP is what kills them. With it off and not using that stupid onboard computer its good for work train and freight service

since when are you expert on Bl20's ??
The onboard computer only manages the MTU diesel. not HEP or anything else.
No engine in world these days work without computers, not your car or not even your garden tractor.
and non of those BL20gh failures are computer related.

lets just say that only waterbury and Brewster have constant failures and 80% of those are Human error.

as for dependability the FL-9's only managed to bne on a train for 48 hours sometimes less.
The BL-20gh last 92 days in Danbury service, less in other places ???