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 #358546  by lvrr325
 
PRRGuy wrote:Pc 6239- Mrl 369 (SD-45's)
Prr 6175- MRL 370
Prr 6178- Mrl 371
Prr6204- MRL 372
Prr 6217- mrl 373
Prr 6220- mrl 374
Prr 6233- mrl 375
PC 6235 - MRL 377


Tacoma Rail 3001- PC 6237 (SD-40-3)
Are those SD45s that C&NW bought from Conrail? I'd forgotten they bought up a number of used SD45s when they were cheap in the 1980s.

 #358847  by scottychaos
 
lvrr325 wrote:
PRRGuy wrote:Pc 6239- Mrl 369 (SD-45's)
Prr 6175- MRL 370
Prr 6178- Mrl 371
Prr6204- MRL 372
Prr 6217- mrl 373
Prr 6220- mrl 374
Prr 6233- mrl 375
PC 6235 - MRL 377


Tacoma Rail 3001- PC 6237 (SD-40-3)
Are those SD45s that C&NW bought from Conrail? I'd forgotten they bought up a number of used SD45s when they were cheap in the 1980s.
yep,
accoprding to this MRL roster:

http://www.trains.com/TRC/CS/forums/606 ... wPost.aspx

Those PRR SD45's wound up on MRL via C&NW and NREX.

Scot

 #358908  by PRRGuy
 
According to some news I've heard..the MRl is receiving new power so we'll see how many of these SD45's make it the next couple years..

Also, I believe MRL may have the First loco delivered in PC paint or the Last PRR painted loco.

 #359264  by PRRGuy
 
I asked around at a couple different forums and the common answer is:

SD40 6072 was repainted PC for ceremonies and publicity on that day.
(Penn Central Power by R. J. Yanosey, pages 12 & 142)

U33C's 6540-6559 ordered by PRR were the first new units delivered painted for PC, starting in Feb. 1968. (photo of PC 6540 on 2-17-68 in Penn Central Power, page 163)

PRR SD45's 6200-6234 were new in January 1968. According to the book Penn Central System Bi-Annual by Robert H. Reid, the 6207 was the last new unit painted PRR.

The last new NYC units were the C430's in December 1967.

 #359319  by lvrr325
 
Eastern Idaho has SD45s:

PRR-PC-CR 6186 -> CNW - NRE - EIRR 6513
PRR-PC-CR 6200 -> CNW - NRE - EIRR 6525

Only one of these is on the page linked above. I am having trouble finding a list of which CR units went to the CNW, though.

 #359369  by scottychaos
 
PRRGuy wrote:I asked around at a couple different forums and the common answer is:

SD40 6072 was repainted PC for ceremonies and publicity on that day.
(Penn Central Power by R. J. Yanosey, pages 12 & 142)
on what day?

thanks,
Scot

 #359372  by scottychaos
 
PRRGuy wrote: PRR SD45's 6200-6234 were new in January 1968. According to the book Penn Central System Bi-Annual by Robert H. Reid, the 6207 was the last new unit painted PRR.
Does that mean 6200 - 6207 were painted for PRR,
but 6208 - 6234 were painted for PC?

or.

were the whole series 6200 - 6234 painted PRR, but 6207 happened to be the last of that series actually painted? (they were not painted in numerical order..which probably happens all the time.)

thanks,
Scot

 #359429  by PRRGuy
 
I'm thinking that 6207 arrived later then most of the other units. I asked this question at trainorders.com and found this: "Paul Carleton's "A Pennsy Diesel Power Review" contains photos of #6106, 6114, 6127, 6162, 6175, 6212, 6225 in PRR paint."

Also, a check of the order numbers of the SD-45 order reveals that they were not delivered in number order. 6207 was one of the last 6 units delivered.

 #359443  by PRRGuy
 
PRR 6062- EMDX 2818 (SD-40-2)


(Iowa Chicago & Eastern)
ICE 201- PRR 6050
ICE 203- PRR 6069
ICE 205- PRR 6095
ICE 217- PRR 6081

 #359538  by RSD15
 
PRR/PC units 6200,02,04,06,08 were wired as midtrain masters and units 6201,03,05,07,09 as midtrain slaves.
this probably explains the late deliveries.

 #359789  by scottychaos
 
ok, we have PRR and NYC's last new locmotives documented.
and PC's first locos documented.

but what about PC's last locomotives?

the data I could find says PC GP38-2 8040-8162 were the last locos for PC...but they were built in 1973.

were there no new PC locos delivered in 1974 - early 1976?
or were the 1973 GP38-2's really the last?

thanks,
Scot

 #359964  by GN 599
 
BNSF 2155-2189 are ex-PC 7825-7867. GP38's I guess. :-D Did PC have any SD-9's?
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