Greg, sure do want to hear more rr stories... In 1972, just out of high school, I went to the Norfolk and Western to apply to do anything railroad related. Guy looked at me and said, "boy, with your vision, you'll never work on any road". So, I've always been a "wanna be". Kept me out of the army too. Anyway...speaking of SD60s and switching...NS has one across the road from my house switching Good Yard as we speak. I think it's the 9045. In full EMD colors, although a bit faded. Crazy as it is, they'll send that unit and whatever else is hanging around, big power, 1 mile up the line and pull 2 or 3 cars out of a sharp curved spur, it's the darndest use of power...8000hp to do that job on a very sharp curve. I go there once in a while to see if they derail. I remember seeing the BN SD60s new, out of EMD on the Joint Line in Colorado...resplendent in that beautiful blue/white when they were first in service. We were all excited. Spring of '84. I remember that BN had F units sitting in Denver until at least the early 80s.
John A. Albee, Realtor [email protected] Prudential Snyder Real Estate #1 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, IL 61701 Mobile 309-830-6097 Office 309-665-0787 www.johnalbee.com From: G. Elems <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 1:39 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} SD60's While we're talking SD60's, I've used one to switch in Stockton yard one night. UP 6038 was its number, and it happened to be the unit I was running when my road foreman qualified me to mark up on my own on the extra board. Quite the kicker that old girl was. SD60's could be seen mu'd with GP40-2's and SD40-2's since Stockton was a hub for several locals and an originating terminal for several trains. Ed, go ahead and mu the GP35 with the SD60, it will look fine. And now that I'm thinking about the old days in Stockton, we used the GP35's till about 94 so they did occupy the roster at the same time. I was promoted in 1989 and UP 805 was one of my favorite engines to switch with on the west end. It also was the last ex-WP unit to have a working Gyra light on the nose that worked. Greg Elems [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
