MEC 382

Hello fellow Railfans! Us guys over at the Guilford end of town heard the news of your NS boys nicely giving us a GP40 which we were using to repay horsepower hours to you and you broke it. Since you broke it and Giving us another GP40 was great payment (Although we wanted an SD70 ) We would like to know if you could track the units location for us because we can't wait for it to arrive on GRS property. So as soon as you guys see it heading out could you report in for us? Thanks a bunch!

P.S. Don't break it in route or we WILL get an SD70 from you

Would the engine NS broke happen to be MEC 375? NS wrecked that one along with a CN SD40u, and several UP engines at Momence last Thanksgiving. NS not only broke it, they pretty much destroyed it. I went to Momence and 375 was still there. It was not a pretty sight. Good you all of you on Guilford (or should I say Pan Am.....) that NS is finally repaying the favor. I like that idea of NS giving Guilford a SD70.

EJ&ESDM809 wrote:Would the engine NS broke happen to be MEC 375?

That is correct. 382 (formerly NS 1386) is the replacement for the 375. And it would appear to be a fair trade: both units are ex-NW high-nose GP40s.

The 382 discussion on the Pan Am forum can be viewed at:

http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28790

Something tells me this will be going through Binghamton .

MEC 382

Could you do us a favor and paint it blue

Norfolk Southern is such a BEEP! They should have used a straight edge to paint out their markings. Maybe they should have taken them off if they are decals.

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Maybe PAR will slap a globe on it and just run it like that for a while.

That's basically what they did with these beasts back in the day (except it was a G, not a globe:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=11667

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=11663

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=11710
(obviously done by hand and with not a lot of effort!)

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=11793

And here we have the 372 (ex-1346), a close relative of the 382/1386, still wearing NS black but with the G patch:
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=11796

Any update to current whereabouts?

I caught a glimpse of the MEC 382 on an Allentown local yesterday. It was trailing a Conrail blue GP15-1 PRR 1439. I couldn't get a good look at it as I saw it through the woods at Allentown yard.

Hmmm... I wonder if NS will simply hang onto it for a while and use it for horsepower hours payback, just as they do with other PAR units?

at Elkhart lastnight

My friend says its on NS 20T headed through Indiana. That trains goes to Harrisburg I believe.