SD45's

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Sorry but there are corrections to this e-mail.

That tonnage was 14,120 and the 11 units were 43,800 horsepower or 3 hp / 1
ton something you will see on transcon intermodal trying to maintain
passenger speed schedule with 4-6000 tons.

The air paks used may not be Scott Airpaks which is the type we use in
confined entry or handling of haz mat  in the chemical tank truck hauling
business.

Sorry, was moving to fast yesterday. Facts should be straight when
storytelling.

Oakie G Ford
IRONTON, OH



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Subject: Re: SD45's


> SD-45 story in TRAINS has to be as interesting story on a current
operation
> as I have ever read. I watch large numbers of both CSX and NS everyday but
> noting compared to 11 units on a 100 car movement; 14,300 horses at work
and
> the crews must wear Scott Airpaks to survive the tunnels, WOW. Tough
> workforce !! The Pokey is tough but not that tough and that is not taking
> anything away from what I consider as "heavy" operations on the Pokey.
>
> Oakie G Ford
> IRONTON, OH
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:16 AM
> Subject: Re: SD45's
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> > The short answer is that a number of SD45s were sold to other railroads.
> The best source of data is Bob Bower's monumental work: "All Time Roster:
> N&W Diesels", sold thru The Commissary. In the meantime, here is a list of
> railroads that ran ex-N&W SD45s at one time or another: Wiscinsin Central,
> Montana Rail Link, Paducah & Louisville, National de Mexico, Springfield
> Terminal, Wheeling & Lake Erie, and Southern Pacific.  I may have missed
> one. In addition, several were in various lease fleets for awhile. Some of
> those assignments were via leases from equipment dealers.
> >
> > I don't know how many are running today, except that I do know that
> several are still on the Montana Rail Link, having arrived via Wisconsoin
> Central: ex-N&W 1701 (MRL 386), 1718 (387), 1724 (388), 1744 (389), 1745
> (349) and 1746 (348). At one time or another I have photographed them in
> recent years on MRL. It is hard to know at any point in time just how many
> are running, and where they are running. MRL leases some of these units on
a
> short time basis to other roads and some are shut down when business
slows.
> >
> > A sidelight: this past October at twilight one evening I watched (too
dark
> to photograph) two BNSF SD70MAC road engines, assisted by NINE MRL SD45s,
at
> least one of which was ex-N&W, lift a westbound coal train up the east
slope
> of Mullan Pass at Austin, Montana. There is a big double loop at Austin
such
> that the entire train could be seen stretched out on the hill. All power
was
> in Run 8 and the train was doing maybe 10 MPH. AWESOME sounds from the
45s!
> Took me back to the 1960s on N&W and Southern....
> >
> > By the way, see the current issue of Trains for a feature on the SD45 on
> MRL.
> >
> > Bill McClure
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