Well aparently the SD60s are now OOS. From the NYSW Yahoo forum... The NYS&W SD60s have been banned from the road since some type of bushing was left out of the trucks when they were rebuilt last year apparently, and the result was and too much lateral movement . And now the traction motors are...
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Re: Motive Power update
by kingfish ¦ Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:46 pm ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: Motive Power update ¦ Replies: 443 ¦ Views: 172028Re: Motive Power update
by kingfish ¦ Thu Jan 17, 2013 2:51 pm ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: Motive Power update ¦ Replies: 443 ¦ Views: 172028No.
There may be other issues not disclosed to the general public.
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Re: Motive Power update
by kingfish ¦ Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:56 pm ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: Motive Power update ¦ Replies: 443 ¦ Views: 172028For everyone not in the NYSW Yahoo group, a roster update was posted this morning. To sum it up... The SD70m's and the SD45s are for sale .CORRECT The GP20s will be scrapped if they are not sold. CORRECT. SD60 3808 is apparently OOS with major problems. WRONG. MORE Rail fan BULLXXXX. Among 3010, 30...
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:39 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Flat rate.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:19 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Steve F45 wrote:king, what kind of K5's did the SD60's get? K5LA? K5LLA? Suckers are real loud, wish the crews would get on them a lil more.I do not know. When I am at Paducah next Monday that question will be asked.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:27 pm ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232waldwickrailfan wrote:I hear that! 3806 is at Madisonville, KY awaiting pickup by CSX...Steve F45 wrote:NYSW EMD SD60 3806 was picked up from the Paducah & Louisville yesterday. Look for it to come East on CSX in the next few days.maybe a week or 2
Re: Radio Repair
by kingfish ¦ Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:48 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: Radio Repair ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 5247NYSW is in process of converting the radio network to narrow band.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:46 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Steve F45 wrote:kingfish wrote:Struck a tree near Shohola..crushed handrails/stanchions & uprights.Nobody got hurt correct?
No injuries.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:08 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Struck a tree near Shohola..crushed handrails/stanchions & uprights.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Mon May 21, 2012 9:56 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Could be as simple as CSX gets to use the engine for a while in lieu of paying for the transport on it. Who knows. CSX owns about two fifths of the engine anyways, give or take, through their partial ownership of NYS&W. To the first comment...no..NYSW is paying freight. Quite a hefty amount for...
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Sat May 19, 2012 8:34 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232All ofthe units are being interchanged with batteries disconnected, no seats, no coolant, minimal fuel, no radio or HOT device to preclude easy use. CSX has been known to make dead in consist useable for "free" service. 3810 and the five remaining units will be moved to Binghamton dead and...
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Fri May 18, 2012 10:40 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Could be as simple as CSX gets to use the engine for a while in lieu of paying for the transport on it. Who knows. CSX owns about two fifths of the engine anyways, give or take, through their partial ownership of NYS&W. To the first comment...no..NYSW is paying freight. Quite a hefty amount for...
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Wed May 16, 2012 1:17 pm ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 146232Below is part of a message I received from GATX power tracking. In and of itself the message is meaningless without the train symbol. I sincerely wish that NS could have been the carrier...
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NYSW3810- The locomotive arrived in Buffalo, NY via CSX on 5/15/12 at 11:30pm
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Tue May 01, 2012 5:38 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 1462323810 is still at VMV. Several paint issues had to be addressed. Test runs on PAL went very well with some minor non performance burps. It is scheduled for Wednesday pick up. Routing CSXT to Syracuse NYSW.
Re: NYSW to own CEFX leasors
by kingfish ¦ Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:25 am ¦ Forum: New York, Susquehanna & Western - Past and Present ¦ Topic: NYSW to own CEFX leasors ¦ Replies: 516 ¦ Views: 1462323808/9082 should be in the booth this week.