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  • Discussion about the M&E, RVRR and SIRR lines of New Jersey, and also the Maine Eastern operation in Maine. Official web site can be found here: www.merail.com.
Discussion about the M&E, RVRR and SIRR lines of New Jersey, and also the Maine Eastern operation in Maine. Official web site can be found here: www.merail.com.

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 #388313  by pablo
 
Actually, to add to this, what ones are derelict?

David Becker

 #388416  by pablo
 
Rather than edit...allow me to fix what I meant to say: are any left hanging around, or did they all get scrapped?

Dave Becker

 #388750  by blockline4180
 
Nova55 wrote:ME only kept the 7215, the rest are scrapped or are in the process of being.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... x?id=21555 Photos of the last few getting torched.
That is right.... The only engine operating is the 7215... I have been told that M&E prefers the alco C424/C425 varietes for pulling freight rather then the RS11's and other smaller alcos they bought,..

Don't be fooled, M&E would like to remain mostly an alco operation even if it doesn't include the RS11's... Gotta remember alco parts are getting very hard to come by!

 #388792  by Alcoman
 
... Gotta remember alco parts are getting very hard to come by![/quote]

ALCO parts are NOT getting hard to come by. 251 Engine parts are still made bt FM/ALCO in WI. Plus there are at least 5 used parts dealers supplying parts to anyone who needs them.

 #389084  by Steve F45
 
i should drive by and see if there is a spare horn to buy.
 #389163  by Sandy Burton
 
If you really want a horn, I would stop by sooner rather than later. I stopped by yesterday and they are moving quite quickly in cutting up these locomotives. :(

Sandy

 #389382  by Nova55
 
There was no horns there last week...

 #389572  by PVRX1
 
The trucks are more lucrative then the horns.

Alco parts are out there, the only ones that are trickier to find are 244 parts.

 #389662  by Nova55
 
Most of the trucks are going as well, only one set had save on them that I remember.

Twin Forks Chapter NRHS has been trying to get rid of a set of the trucks for almost a year with no luck, and are most likely to get scrapped as well.
 #393102  by thebigham
 
7204 - stored at Lake Junction
7206 - scrapped 4/07
7207 - scrapped 4/07
7208 - scrapped 4/07
7211 - scrapped 4/07
7212 - stored at Lake Junction
7213 - scrapped 4/07
7214 - scrapped 6/06
7215 - in service
7216 - scrapped 6/06

Sandy Burton says that the M&E may be keeping one more RS11. Will it be 7204 or 7212?
Last edited by thebigham on Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #393139  by Sandy Burton
 
Both are presently a Lake Junction. I would not go to the bank with only one being kept. With a short line you never know what changing business condition will change a plan.

Sandy