SMS Lines

[liftedjeep]

This morning (7/30), SLRS #4211 (B23-7, ex ATSF) was spotting switching cars throughout the Pureland Industrial complex in Bridgeton.

-Running light at Sharptown Rd:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4763443

-Shoving tanks across Center Square Rd:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4763445

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4763448

-Broadside of #4211, built in 1978 as ATSF #6354:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4763450

-(SMS Baldwins #554 AS616 & B&O #412 VO-1000 side-by-side at the SMS engine house:)

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4763453

Ben

[CJPat]

nice pics!

[kilroy]

B&O 412 is owned by the URHS and leased to SMS.

[glennk419]

Amazingly, the paint on 4211 looks better than some BNSF units I've seen in service for their railroad.

For an East Coast guy, always loved the SF paint scheme.

[Teutobergerwald]

SMS put it's Baldwin power OOS in favor of GE now?

[pdtrains]

Maybe it has A/C, and a toilet, and a new control stand thats not so noisy, and 2300hp as opposed to 1200. I think it was used in their operation up in the Albany NY area, and came down to HQ when that operation ceased or went to another operator or something. I cud be wrong....kinda what i remember..

[liftedjeep]

SMS put it's Baldwin power OOS in favor of GE now?

#4211 originally came from NY, but spent the past few years at the Sunoco refinery in Westville, NJ. Since the decline in oil production, #4211 was sent to SMS Lines in Bridgeport, and #2003 (ex PRSL GP38) went to SMS Lines in NY.

I can't say for sure why SMS has been using #4211 as of lately, but their Baldwin fleet is far from being OOS. I think it may come down to what specific locomotive is being used any given day.
Ben

[johnnyloco]

9/23/2017

SMS switched out the interchange in Bridgeport, NJ yesterday with the 4211, still in the SF 'Bluebonnet' scheme.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4803755

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4803753

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4803754

[liftedjeep]

I took a ride through the industrial park in Bridgeport, NJ this morning (1/20) in hopes of catching SMS Lines at work. To my delight, they were using PRR #9069 (DS44-1000, blt in 1949) today. I took a few shots of the switcher working the CSAO interchange. The cars were brought down into Bridgeport by WPCA-11.

"Out of the woods"

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4881272

Under load with a cut of freight cars

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4881275

I even messed around and shot a few seconds worth of video of #9069 crossing Sharptown Rd with some nice "horn action"!

https://youtu.be/Dp9xWqe1D60

Ben