SD45's

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In later days, the SP used to have huge lash-ups of SD 45s on some  
trains in the hope that enough would still be running to complete the  
trip.

pete groom
On May 5, 2005, at 12:56 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: SD45's
>>
>>
>>> 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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