What about the two F units? Anything on them since they were seen going south a few months back?
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- Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
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They are at Waycross in Georgia. The rumor mill on Facebook claimed that they had been placed for sale, but nothing to back that up was ever produced.
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I remember when the rumor mills were saying CSX wanted to use them for their OCS train. Thanks for the info.
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They'd have to be outfitted with PTC, which was another reason for Mellon to dump them.
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Incorrect, the main issue was they needed to be converted to 26 brake to have ACSES. Supposedly Fink Jr. really likes things vintage, the way they were and didn't want to modify them. I'm sure in the end they probably didn't want to spend the money anyways but that was the original story I was told.
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In today's episode of Mellon & Fink Would Never, CSX has transformed ST 100 — the observation car of the Pan Am business train — into a permanent part of the CSX Santa Train, delivering gifts to children throughout CSX's railroad network. Hashtag poetic justice.
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Source: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... ith-video/
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We need a Mellon or Fink Scrooge meme.
"Completely gutted the interior" and installed two baggage style doors. I'm sure it was highly modified before, but sad to see stuff go. Santa's got a new blue sleigh!
