CVRA7 wrote:The ex NH(CDoT) 6690 & 6691 apparently are going first to an undisclosed locomotive repair shop in SC where they will be overhauled as needed to be in operating condition, repainted into Santa Fe passenger colors, then sent to their new home, the Galveston RR Museum. For further info see http://theislandermagazine.com and enter "the chiefs" on their "search" option.
If they are getting painted in Santa Fe passenger colors, then that is a complete 180 from my understanding, as I was under the impression they were going to be restored to their as-built Southern Pacific colors.
Just goes to show I don't understand much (you know what happens with you "assume")...
However, I am very pleased to see these units go to a good home, and go back to their home territory!
Here's a direct link to the article in question, with a fair use quote:
http://theislandermagazine.com/?p=2663
The EMDs began their freight careers with the Southern Pacific in 1953. “They were used by the Southern Pacific as freight locomotives in the late 1960s.” The engines were then sold to [Wellsville, Addison & Galeton] and used for freight train service until 1979. They were rebuilt for commuter service in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1988. At that point they were purchased by the state of Connecticut and used for commuter service up until 1999. The Railroad Museum of New England received the locomotives in 2001.... “What made them so attractive to us was they were already rebuilt about 1996, used for four years and then put in dry storage,” said Gould. After the engines are brought up to standards, including air brakes, couplers and assorted other modifications, the Southern Pacific colors will be stripped and the diesels will be repainted in red, yellow and silver, the colors of the historic Santa Fe Chiefs. They then will be towed DIT (Dead-in Tow) from South Carolina to Houston.
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