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Discussion of present-day CM&Q operations, as well as discussion of predecessors Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) and Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (BAR).

Moderator: MEC407

 #1489358  by backroadrails
 
CMQ 9017 is back in service, and CMQ 2004 has been sent to the Rockland Branch, while the 2006 has been sent back to the main system.
 #1490093  by Dcl1332
 
Figure it was time to update the list. Not much change beside some of the old lease units shipping out and addition on two CEFX GP38-2/ GP38-3. Think right now is also the first or second time all the barns are up and running (soon after 9004 (down from Jan 2017 till March 2018) was repaired 9017 was down need repairs. Before that 9022 wasn’t fully operational till fall 2017).


CMQ Locomotive roster as of 11/3/18

40 to 43 Total

Owned 18 total. 1 sold, 2(?). Total 21

F3A EMD. 1

BAR 502. (Inactive Truncation motors, track repairs, and upgrades)

B23-7 GE. 6

CMQ 2001
CMQ 2002
CMQ 2003
CMQ 2004 (Used on Rockland Branch)
MMA 2005 (Dead not used sense MMA)
CMQ 2006 (Derby for repairs)

SD40-2 GMD. 1

CMQ 3057

SD40F. GMDD 10

CMQ 9004
CMQ 9010
CMQ 9011
CMQ 9014
CMQ 9017
CMQ 9020
CMQ 9021
CMQ 9022
CMQ 9023
CMQ 9024

GP 7 EMD 1

MMA 22 (sold to HRRC 11/2014)

B39-8 GE 2

MMA 8544 (?)
MMA 8561 (?)


Lease units 22 Total

GP38-3 / GP38M-3 EMD. 8

CMQ LETX 3812
CMQ LETX 3816
CMQ LETX 3817

LETX 3815

CEFX 419
CEFX 420
CEFX 3803
CEFX 6537

GP38-2 or GP38-3 EMD 2

CEFX 414
CEFX 3029

SD40-2 GMD. 2

CITX 3071
CITX 3091

GP35U EMD. 8. (3 stored at Derby?)

LTEX 2516
LTEX 2525
LTEX 2535
LTEX 2540
LTEX 2542
LTEX 2550
LTEX 2558
LTEX 2573

AC4400CW GE 2

CMQ CEFX 1002
CMQ CEFX 1006

Rumored Units that are or could be on the way.

Added 12/23/17 stored at Derby for CEFX

GP20D EMD. 3

CEFX 2001
CEFX 2015
CEFX 2028

GP38-3 / GP38M-3 EMD. 4 (Fed 2018)

4x CEFX (2 delivered 6/17/18)

Moved to another Fortress Railroad (ORP) 2 Total

SD40-2 GMD. 2

CITX 3053
CITX 3082


Off lease and returned 16 Total

GP20D EMD. 10 return

CEFX 2007
CEFX 2011
CEFX 2018
CEFX 2019
CEFX 2021
CEFX 2022
CEFX 2023
CEFX 2037
CEFX 2039
CEFX 2040

SD40-2 GMD 1

LTEX 3280 return

SD40T-2 EMD. 3 (stored at Derby)

PRLX 2826
PRLX 2856
PRLX 2858 returned

GP35U EMD. 2 return

LTEX 2561
LTEX 2574


Bad entries

LTEX 2522, 2556



Info from jjoyce1, CN9634, http://www.thedieselshop.us/CMQ.HTML" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ,
http://www.barraclou.com/rail/cmq/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; , 690, Kevin Burkholder, MaineRailFan Productions, and ksmitty for the information.

http://www.canadianrailwayobservations. ... s/loco.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. LTEX 3815

Paul Ernest. CMQ LTEX 3817

https://www.stb.gov/recordations.nsf/c9 ... /31399.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; CMQ purchase from MMA
 #1491191  by NHV 669
 
CEFX 3029 was in front of it, assume that isn't going anywhere? That leaves just one tunnel motor on their property.
 #1507295  by GP40MC1118
 
Rumor mill has 10 SD60M's from CBFX going to CMQ. Three now in enroute on PAR. Seven units in Binghampton.
CBFX 6006
CBFX 6019
CBFX 6021 PAR EDPO
CBFX 6022
CBFX 6024
CBFX 6027
CBFX 6030 PAR EDPO
CBFX 6031 PAR EDPO
CBFX 6032
CBFX 6034
 #1507321  by MEC407
 
That's a huge infusion of additional power. What's the reason for it?
 #1507332  by GP40MC1118
 
Some say its for storage at Derby. Not sure. Surprised myself. Didn't they get rid of the GP35's?

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 #1507457  by KSmitty
 
Storage at Derby.

They are supposedly power short, not 10 SD60's short, so I wonder if we'll see them store 7 or 8 and then use a couple against the fee for storage.
 #1507470  by Dcl1332
 
Thinking the same thing with CMQ being power short. Last I heard they temporarily have use of Pan Am MEC 7534 (no idea if they still are) as part of the increase fright between NMJ and Brownsville Junction. Also hearing a couple of days ago that barn 9020 may be down if true that doesn’t help things. Finally a year ago it was said that CMQ was going to lease 4 Gp38-3 from CITX and have only have three of them (no idea if the finally one is still on the way). With that said it wouldn’t surprise me to see them working out to use some of the units going there for storage.
 #1507526  by backroadrails
 
The units should be on WANM today. CMQ has been getting the increased traffic going to Pan Am, along with a lot of east west traffic. They also have atleast 2 maybe 3 barns down right now, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they were leasing all 10.
 #1507570  by KSmitty
 
To be clear currently all 10 are for storage with CIT paying them to store them. They certainly could use some power, but 10 SD60's would add about 25% to the roster unit count wise and significantly more than that on a horsepower basis, so it would seem almost certainly unlikely that 10 units would be put into service. I could see a couple being used for free in lieu of CIT paying for storage.
Last edited by MEC407 on Thu May 02, 2019 5:52 pm, edited 1 time in total. Reason: unnecessary quoting
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