I still see ex Santa Fe units in the BNSF yard in North Fort Worth. They are getting rarer.
Ted Weiler Weatherford, TX ________________________________ From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, August 30, 2011 8:59:32 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SD60's When Greg mentions that an SD-60 as being an ' old girl', that really makes me feel really old! Actually this is sort of telling for our scale as it's the newest thing we've got! I once had the idea of running one each of the engines of the UP family--CNW, UP, MP, DRGW, SP etc. but finally realized I would run out of money and space on our modules to run such a lash-up! I think this is the only American railroad you could do that with since the BNSF and Conrail were entirely new names. However, our CN and CP friends did their buyouts while still keeping the original names. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 8/30/11 1:39 AM, G. Elems wrote: > > 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] [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/
