GATX (GMTX) & LTEX Locomotives on lease to PAR

[MEC407]

What's the rough count/ratio of active leasers vs. active homegrowns on the current roster? I can't find a power roster online that isn't years old or that only counts stuff they own...whether it's here or elsewhere, living or dead/mostly-dead @ Waterville. Since the current strategy seems to be more leasers going in and more of their own going out on lease, I'd just like to wrap brain about what very approximate quantities we're talking thus far.

https://xa.yimg.com/df/GuilfordRailSigh ... e=download

Thanks for posting that link, atholrail.

I'm a little confused by the totals at the bottom, though. It shows 16 leased locomotives in service, but I see 19 in-service leasers listed in the body of the roster.

The total number of leasers, whether in service or not, is 27 according to the roster.

[conductorvern]

for some reason the link doesn't work for me.

[GP40MC1118]

MEC 507 has been released from Paducah Shops.
Now showing "waybill reported" PAL/Paducah

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[KSmitty]

345 has "GATX OWNED" now stenciled below and behind the "MEC" marks. It looks really nice, with fresh paint and shiny new side mirrors. Pauducah did a nice job!

[GP40MC1118]

Seen a photo of the 507 at Paducah and it looks great. Bell relocated.

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[BM6569]

After the 507 leaves, are there any more units left for PAR down there?

[GP40MC1118]

No....The 500 & 513 are supposed to be shipped on flatcars to
Paducah. One was loaded months ago, but remains at Waterville.

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[MEC407]

Photo by Jeff J. Bray:

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/611144/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[MECFAN]

No....The 500 & 513 are supposed to be shipped on flatcars to
Paducah. One was loaded months ago, but remains at Waterville

Anybody heard any news / rumors on these two units. I had almost forgotten about them leaving.

[csor2010]

Photo by Jeff J. Bray:

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/611144/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oddly enough, GMTX 958 is apparently former NW 1342, which means it comes from the same batch of GP40s as MEC 370-380.

No....The 500 & 513 are supposed to be shipped on flatcars to
Paducah. One was loaded months ago, but remains at Waterville


Anybody heard any news / rumors on these two units. I had almost forgotten about them leaving.

Here's what I could find on MEC 500:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4668763

The 513 has reports on it travelling on CSX as far as Ohio, but no photos or reports since then.

[GP40MC1118]

They were both basically scrap trade-ins or parts donors at LTEX. Don't expect
to see them on the road ever again...

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[MECFAN]

Thanks for the reply guys.

[MEC407]

Photo by Jeff J. Bray:

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/611144/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oddly enough, GMTX 958 is apparently former NW 1342, which means it comes from the same batch of GP40s as MEC 370-380.

Nice. That explains the new nose/windshields/numberboards/headlights.

[690]

The headlight and numberboards were literally cut out of the old short hood, and welded to the new cab front (and they didn't bother leveling it).

[MEC407]

Here's what a stock high-nose GP40 headlight/numberboard setup looks like:

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Maybe it's an optical illusion but the number boards on the 958 look smaller.