by MEC407
baldy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:08 pm Using the GP22ECOs on the Rockland line won't pacify the NIMBYS down there. They'll see smoke from the turbo stacks and "oh, my gosh, the world will be ending". These people won't be pleased no matter what one does. Move and keep the B23-7s down. A CMQ employee has told me they're good locos.It sort of fascinates me that there were very few complaints about smoke or fumes when Maine Coast Railroad — an all-ALCO operation whose locomotives produced very significant amounts of smoke — was operating the Rockland Branch. Yet when Maine Eastern took over and operated a mostly-EMD fleet that were virtually smokeless, the complaints started pouring in.
Anyhow, I'm sure CP will get rid of the B23s as quickly as they feasibly can, which is sad but totally expected. They are in fact good locomotives that were very well maintained for most of their career by GE techs who worked on site for ATSF and later BNSF. They're still well supported today by GE/Wabtec. Hopefully some GE-friendly shortline will snatch them up.
MEC407
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives