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Two questions on the RS1 #21 at Whippany. Will it run again and will it ever get repainted???
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photorailfan wrote:Two questions on the RS1 #21 at Whippany. Will it run again and will it ever get repainted???Maybe and maybe.
cnj1524 wrote:Are there any plans for the stored FL9's?They've been parts sources for a while, but are pretty intact. We had a buyer recently who was interested in them.
charlie6017 wrote:Seems SW1 #738 was headed west on CSX train Q377 yesterday (1/15/14) and was questioned in the New York State forum. Whereabouts is this elderly switcher heading?It's going to St. Louis, MO - it has been sold by RRPX to a new owner.
sarabliss50 wrote:What are plans RRPX Locomotives currently stored on on WNYP & Bath & Hammondsport, #77, #2338, #3660, #4223, #4228Don't know. This likely is not the place to ask that.
therudycometh wrote:NBEC/SFEX the former owner of the 4204 had started an upgrade program of their former CP RS18u's giving them upgraded -3 electronics and hooking up their dynamic brakes again. There had been talk of the railway doing the same thing to their C424's and when I read about the lack of electronics I wondered if it was going to be the first of the -3 equipped C424 fleet.mandealco wrote:A question about the 4204: It appears to be an ungraded unit, done by CP Rail at Angus. Several CP C-424's received Alternators from retired M-630/636s for the last few years of service. They can be distinguished by the third air tank, and the duct on top of the central air intake hatch. The third tank is required for the air start I believe, as they lost the electric start with the generator removal. Anyway, my question is, why the purchase, when M&E / RRPX sold 2 other modified CP C-424's to the WNYP? I understand the ownership similarities, but the purchase is unexpected, unless for more parts for RRPX.Not sure what the idea with 4204 was. It's mechanically operable, but there's essentially no electronics left as RRPX purchased the engine after an aborted electronic upgrade. It'd be like having a car with no headlights, radio, windshield wipers, or gears other than neutral. That being said, it's too intact to be a parts source yet - I don't know what the plans are exactly.
Sandy Burton wrote:To my knowledge, RRPX never was a subsidiary of the M&E ....Correct. Two separate companies. The M&E leases equipment from RRPX - hence the association between the two, but they are in no way linked on a corporate or financial level.
PEIR wrote:I was curious on wether there has been any progress on C424 4204 returning to service?Nope. Still stored. Nothing planned yet.
therudycometh wrote:UPDATED (AS OF JANUARY 31, 2012)Hi, Rudy. Could we get a 2014 update of the roster? Thanks!
SVC = Serviceable (Operational or down for minor running repairs)
OOS = Out of Service
RRPX is a leasing company owned by M&E president Wes Weis.
C424 #18 - SVC in Morristown
C424 #19 - SVC in Morristown
SW1500 #20 - SVC at Bayway
RS1 #21 - OOS at Whippany, RRPX-owned
GP9M #22 - OOS at Jefferson Road (engine replacement not finished)
BL2 #54 - Drained and stored SVC in Honesdale, SBRR-owned
FL9 #485 - OOS on Vornado siding (Whippany Line, East Hanover), RRPX-owned (parts source)
FL9 #486 - OOS on Vornado siding (Whippany Line, East Hanover), RRPX-owned (parts source)
FL9 #487 - OOS in Morristown, RRPX-owned (intact, may be restored to operation)
FL9 #488 - SVC in Maine, RRPX-owned
FL9 #489 - OOS in Whippany, RRPX-owned (power assemblies currently out for remanufacturing)
SW1200 #557 - SVC at Bayway, RRPX-owned
SW1200 #559 - SVC at Jefferson Road, RRPX-owned
SW1200 #563 - SVC at Jefferson Road, RRPX-owned (FOR SALE)
SW1 #738 - OOS in East Hanover (can be made to run using parts from recently scrapped #742)
GP9 #764 - SVC in Maine, RRPX-owned
M420 #3562 - OOS at Jefferson Road, RRPX-owned (parts source)
M420 #3573 - SVC in Maine, RRPX-owned
C424 #4204 - OOS somewhere on Whippany Line (needs some electrical work, plans are to restore it to operation)
C424 #4216 - OOS at Jefferson Road (needs some electrical work, plans are to restore it to operation)
C424 #4231 - OOS at Jefferson Road (parts source, likely to be scrapped)
RS11 #7205 - OOS at Morristown, RRPX-owned
RS11 #7215 - OOS at Jefferson Road, RRPX-owned
Plymouth #7299 - SVC in Morristown, owned by the Military Transportation Association