SLE / NHHS - 4 P40DC's from NJT to CTDOT

Aren't they supposedly rebuilding the Geeps in-house?

in house ?? no they do not have capability in CDOT shop.

naugatroll wrote:Aren't they supposedly rebuilding the Geeps in-house?

Sending them out. But there's been zero news on the plan for that program for a couple years now, so who knows if this Gennie purchase signals any shift in the who/what/when for the Geeps.

ConnDOT has used PAR Waterville shop as the contract shop for the Geeps in the past,
might be time to use NS Altoona instead of PAR Waterville this round.

runningwithscalpels wrote:

bulk88 wrote:I think the CDOT P40s are going to Frontier Industrial for scrapping, the existing CDOT units are too run down.

Says who? Why would they buy four units to replace EIGHT? M8's on Shore Line East are still nowhere near a reality, and they have new service coming on line in a shade over a year with NHHS (Hartford line...whatever they want to call it.) Maybe in the interim before the equipment is stretched thin again the NJT units will offer them some flexibility to properly service what they already have...but scrapping them? HIGHLY unlikely.

Hey, they always have the FL9's (ducks LOL).

I think the idea may just be to use them until they die, and as a bridge until new equipment actually comes on line. And keep handing them down for other service expansion plans (increased Waterbury, Berlin, the endless Danbury saga, etc.). Hey, maybe Housy will take them!

Jeff Smith wrote:I think the idea may just be to use them until they die, and as a bridge until new equipment actually comes on line. And keep handing them down for other service expansion plans (increased Waterbury, Berlin, the endless Danbury saga, etc.). Hey, maybe Housy will take them!

That would make far too much sense for the Housy. I'm confidently expecting them to pick up an old BN E9 or two to go with those ex-Metra bi-levels. That or a 2-8-4 because hey, the Berkshires!

DutchRailnut wrote:in house ?? no they do not have capability in CDOT shop.

Ok, so some stupid rumor and hearsay I heard wasn't true...so sue me

Ridgefielder wrote:

Jeff Smith wrote:I think the idea may just be to use them until they die, and as a bridge until new equipment actually comes on line. And keep handing them down for other service expansion plans (increased Waterbury, Berlin, the endless Danbury saga, etc.). Hey, maybe Housy will take them!

That would make far too much sense for the Housy. I'm confidently expecting them to pick up an old BN E9 or two to go with those ex-Metra bi-levels. That or a 2-8-4 because hey, the Berkshires!

Bilevels are gone actually lol

So about the used diesel locos...
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Spoiler: 4 x NJT P40s to CDOT

(Via NJT P40 thread)

Well, SLE's certainly going to be one of the more colorful commuter rail lines in the country for the next little while...what with McGuinnes-era NYNH&H paint, Amtrak Phase V, and NJT disco stripes alternating turns on the daily schedule.

F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:Well, SLE's certainly going to be one of the more colorful commuter rail lines in the country for the next little while...what with McGuinnes-era NYNH&H paint, Amtrak Phase V, and NJT disco stripes alternating turns on the daily schedule.

I wonder if they're going to bother to put a SLE or CDOT logo over the NJT logo for these locomotives; I know they certainly didn't slap a new one on all of the P40DC's they got from Amtrak.

Also, does anyone know when these guys are going to be coming north? Certainly going to be interesting seeing them moved up on whatever train they tack them onto.

so far purchase is not confirmed, but if they move they do not need to be on a train, but can move on their own power. NJT crew from MMC to NYP and MN crew from NYP to New Haven.
move would be at night because of diesel smoke in NYP and tunnels.
or NJT could tow them to outside Sunnyside with Electric motor and let MN crew take it from there in diesel.

Any update as to the current disposition of these units?

ACES service ended in September of 2011, so those engines have been sitting idle for four years.

not really, they have been used, mainly on Atlantic city shuttle.