Is BNSF 1211 still on the roster?

[mxdata]

Just curious whether this unit is still on the roster:

http://www.fortworthfire.com/cgi-bin/ga ... -Mat&&pg=1

[EJ&ESDM809]

Yikes! Now that is one green goat gone wrong. Hopefully it will return to service, although it looks pretty bad.

[GN 599]

BNSF 1211 LUBO 4/12/07 0007 CLEARING IL. MOVE BNSF 1211 TO CHICAGO-CPR FOR FURTHERANCE TO MONTREAL THRU THE BRC AT CICERO.

[Komachi]

To use the Minnesota (Norwegian) colloquialism...

"Uff da."

[mxdata]

Fire fighting on one of these must be very challenging. Seems like a combination of having to put out a pile of burning rubber in the middle of a vat of chemicals. And as the insulation burns off the cables, you have additional sources of ignition being exposed and coming into contact all the time. Has anybody seen a finding of what lit this one off?

[amtrakhogger]

Where's the Beep?

[GN 599]

RATED HP 1500-AVAILABLE HP 1500. HOLD CAPTIVE AT TOPEKA-SHOP SWITCHER.

[Engineer James]

GOOD! Glad to see she is still there. I am gonna go to Topeka sometime this summer maybe and see her.

[mxdata]

According to a link to a news report posted under the Rebuilders and Smaller Locomotive Works discussion, the green goats have been "recalled" by RailPower following another unit fire. There is a press release on their website now confirming this. The date they give for the unit fire is May 30, so it was apparently not this unit (unless it burned up again).

http://www.railpower.com/dl/news/news_2007_06_01_e.pdf

[EJ&ESDM809]

I have heard on another site that another green goat caught on firew and that a group of them has been recalled.

[mxdata]

Here is a link to their most recent quarter's financial results:

http://www.railpower.com/dl/news/news_2007_05_10a_e.pdf

But if you want a really interesting read, look up the history of their stock, which apparently peaked back around Nov. '05 at around $6.50 and is now trading around $0.40.

[Engineer James]

Wow, even diesels get recalled.

[mxdata]

Here are Railpower's thrid quarter financial results for anyone interested:

http://railpower.com/dl/news/news_2007_11_13_e.pdf

MX