by mwhite
Any chance one or two these will be on the Rockland Branch? I ran all of these when I worked up at MMA.
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Angus202 wrote:Great news, Rudy! Had an inkling the M&E would be at the MMA auction for this power. The 7u's are some pretty neat units with their "topeka" cabs and "liberator" exhaust stack setup. Was under the impression that MU and A/C was added during the rebuild, but they retained the 567, albeit with the Dash-2 electronics cab.They may have actually kept the 567 during the rebuild, but they have 645's now.... not sure if that was an afterthought or a BAR modification or what.
While everyone else is throwing in their 2-cents on what a for-profit railroad should do with their power, I'll vote that 2 should be kept for parts so as to get #22 on the road!
Since these never operated on lines with cab signaling, will they be stationed remotely on the D&R / HB or captive to the mo-town line?
mwhite wrote:Any chance one or two these will be on the Rockland Branch? I ran all of these when I worked up at MMA.Pretty sure at least one of them is headed your way.
MEC407 wrote:What is the likelihood that one of the geeps would ever be MU'd with one of the Alcos? (In the past I've read stories about early Alcos and early EMDs not getting along very well with each other. I'm not sure if that applies to the later Century models, or to heavily modernized geeps like the ones we're discussing here...)Sheesh, we don't even have them on the property yet and you're already asking what we're going to MU them with?
JPG76 wrote:Hmm, the M&E is expanding it's locomotive fleet and adding cab signal equipment to them. I'm kind of thinking other rumors I've heard might actually be true and may materialize in the not too distant future.What other rumors would those be?
kilroy wrote:Rudy, correct me if I'm wrong but don't they need cab signals to run on NJT trackage here in "Joisey"?Yes, they do. 18, 19, and 20 all have NJT cab signals installed.