Dallas TRE

[Silver_Streak]

I noticed that The Trinity Railway Express (DART) has bought the F69PH-AC Demos from EMD. Does anyone know when they will be recieved? They are supposed to be converted to F59s.

[mp15ac]

That would be very interesting, especially considering that the two units were supposidly scrapped several years ago. What is your source for this information?

Stuart

[Joe]

Scrapped several years ago? I think not!
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=41445
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=41444

Very interesting that they have been bought! Kinda stupid that the first AC locomotives were retired only after a few years of service and then not scrapped.

[byte]

Hope they're willing to sink some dough into those engines, I know one of them had a major engine failure (I think it was the crankshaft). BTW it wasn't EMD they bought them from, NRE has owned those two units for a while now.

[Silver_Streak]

Go to Dart.org ,click Procurement opportunities. Last summer DART has put an offer on the table to any interested party to bid on a contract to remanufacture these units. The units will be rebuilt to be compatible with the current F59PH fleet. Estimated cost: $1M-$10M!

[AMoreira81]

When I was in Dallas, I did not see any supposedly dead locos on Trinity Rail. I did see what looked like a blue loco owned by Herzog Transit Services (the contract carrier). Sorry, but I do not have any pics of the non-revenue equipment, only the revenue equipment.

I would take it though that DART and Fort Worth T want to add service to this line.