by MEC407
Someone (can't remember if it was on this site or elsewhere) said that LTE was going to be painting them before shipping them to PAR, but it doesn't look like that's happening. My guess is that it'll play out the same way as the 600s: they'll arrive, they'll be given new numbers, they'll be put into service, and they'll slow take turns in the paint shop.
Do we know yet whether PAR purchased these or is leasing them from someone? I know they're traveling with GECX reporting marks but that doesn't mean anything. GE sold its leasing business to Wells Fargo; GE retained the GECX reporting mark which they use for test locos, demo locos, locos-in-transit, etc.
Nerdy trivia:
• These will be the first 16-cylinder GEs owned/leased by this railroad since the U25Bs/U33Bs/U30Cs were scrapped in the late '80s
• These will be the first GEs owned/leased by this railroad with more than 3300 HP
• These will be the first locomotives owned/leased by this railroad with more than 3600 HP
• These will be the first locomotives owned/leased by this railroad to be built in the 1980s
• These will be the longest locomotives ever owned/leased by this railroad — 70 ft 8 inches
• These will have the most tractive effort of any locomotives ever owned/leased by this railroad — over 100,000 LBs continuous
Do we know yet whether PAR purchased these or is leasing them from someone? I know they're traveling with GECX reporting marks but that doesn't mean anything. GE sold its leasing business to Wells Fargo; GE retained the GECX reporting mark which they use for test locos, demo locos, locos-in-transit, etc.
Nerdy trivia:
• These will be the first 16-cylinder GEs owned/leased by this railroad since the U25Bs/U33Bs/U30Cs were scrapped in the late '80s
• These will be the first GEs owned/leased by this railroad with more than 3300 HP
• These will be the first locomotives owned/leased by this railroad with more than 3600 HP
• These will be the first locomotives owned/leased by this railroad to be built in the 1980s
• These will be the longest locomotives ever owned/leased by this railroad — 70 ft 8 inches
• These will have the most tractive effort of any locomotives ever owned/leased by this railroad — over 100,000 LBs continuous
MEC407
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives