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paint scheme based on the existing maroon and blue A&M colors; last year EMDX No. 1201 was painted in a special Caterpillar-yel- low version of the EMD blue demonstrator paint scheme. The three six-axle, 4300-h.p., a.c. traction units will replace the road’s customary sets of up seven or eight four-motor Alcos on road freights running out of Springdale, Ark., to Monett, Mo., during the day and to Fort Smith, Ark., at night. The Fort Smith line fea- tures grades that approach three per cent, which the DPU-equipped ACe’s are expected to conquer. The railroad will retain Alco power for local and switching service.
CSX Transportation
FILES FOR RUNNING RIGHTS ON L&I: CSX has asked the Surface Transportation Board to approve its acquisition of a perpetual easement
to operate over 106 miles of
Louisville & Indiana Railroad trackage be- tween Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., in a joint use operating agreement. CSX will rebuild the track with welded rail to FRA Class 4 standards (60 m.p.h.), replace a bridge at Columbus, Ind., modernize the dispatching system, add passing tracks, and upgrade the line to accommodate 286,000 lb gross weight freight cars. While CSX will pay for the im- provements, LIRC will be responsible
for
maintenance and dispatching. CSX and LIRC will operate overhead traffic and LIRC will provide local service; CSX expects to run up to 15 trains a day. The route will be an alternative to the CSX Louisville Cincinnati (LCL) Subdivision, which currently is operating at capacity and subjects trains to delays at Queensgate Yard in the Cincinnati terminal. The LCL has grades of more than one per cent, eight-degree curves, and short sidings that restrict trains to 7500 feet in length and an average speed of about 15 m.p.h. In contrast, the LIRC (former Conrail / Penn Central / PRR) line avoids Cincinnati, has a ruling grade of less than one per cent, and has no curves over five degrees; CSX says it will be able to operate 10,000-foot trains at up to 60 m.p.h. and save more than eight hours of transit time.
Canadian Pacific
SD60S ARE FOR SALE: Canadian Pacific has offered its entire fleet of former Soo Line SD60 and SD60M locomotives for sale or lease. Some 33 of the 42 diesels are in nearly- new condition, having been overhauled and repainted by Canadian Allied Diesel begin- ning in 2011. Soo owned a total of 63 60-series locomotives; 25 had been returned by CPR to their lessor several years ago.
D&H UNITS TO GET RED DIP: Delaware & Hudson (ex-Lehigh Valley) GP38-2s Nos. 7303, 7304, and 7312 have been sent to Na- tional Railway Equipment in Silvis Ill., to be overhauled and have their blue and gray paint replaced by CPR red as shop space per- mits. No. 7312 had been named in honor of re- tired former D&H and Canadian Pacific engi- neer Bernie O’Brien, who passed away on June 21.
Another Lehigh Valley Survivor
THE KISKI JUNCTION RAILROAD has acquired this former Lehigh Valley SW900m, which was repainted into LV colors at the Buffalo & Pittsburgh shop in Brookville, Penn. It was built as Lehigh Valley NW1 No. 126 in May 1938 and was upgraded to an SW900 by EMD in July 1956, keeping its original number. In 1976 it renumbered into the Conrail roster as No. 8653 and later was sold to Terry Redinger Coal in New Bethlehem, Penn., and then to Rosebud Min- ing, which assigned it to the Lady Jane Mine at Penfield, Penn. Delivered on July 1, by Inde- pendence Day it was in service out of Schenley, Penn., on KJR’s excursion trains.
Last NS Ex-Con in Blue Is Retired
NORFOLK SOUTHERN SD50 NO. 5424, the railroad’s last serviceable ex-Conrail unit still wearing CR colors, worked its way to retirement and conversion to an SD40E at Altoona, Penn., in July. On July 9 (above) No. 5424 led train P76 (the Chamblee, Ga. to East Point, Ga. Indus- try Yard transfer) north under the Grinnel intermediates with the downtown Atlanta skyline in the background. After working its way north, the former Conrail 6743 finally arrived at Altoona on July 24. Judging by the information available on the
altoonaworks.info website, the locomo- tive is likely to be rebuilt into SD40E No. 6357.
Another “last unit in blue” is Grand Trunk Western SD40-2 No. 5936, which in July was still running on Canadian National in complete, un-patched GTW blue paint.
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NIKOS KAVOORI
ADAM STUEBGEN
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