http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=87937
Who own’s this locomotive? RR?
HLCX is the reporting marks for Helm Leasing Corp.,…they lease locomotives and railcars to railroads…i dont know details… power by the hour… flat rate or whatever…but i know they lease and possible rebuild locos and cars
They have some fancy paint schemes on their engines. There are a few notable leasing companies but I have seen quite a few HLCX engines through here on CSX.
Looks like an old Rail America unit.
HLCX is called Helm Leasing I’ve seen most of them on CSX trains, but I’ve also seen 1 or 2 on Norfolk Southern trains.
As the others stated above it is certainly Helm Leasing. WATCO’s Stillwater Central runs a few of their geeps down through Lawton a few times a week, funny thing about it though is seeing a Kansas & Oklahoma logo on the sides of some of the geeps witht he HLCX paint scheme that come through 
Whats the deal with the square opening in the fuel tank?[%-)]
Thats a step that you see on cowl bodies that EMD made. F45’s come to mind, they had a compartment door right above the fuel tank, so they added a step built into the tank itself. Not sure which one this is off though.
Alec
Many HLCX locos can be seen pulling UP trains through here. Generally they are SD40-2 models. Always they are clean and appear well-maintained, unlike the UP engines they associate with.
Are the Helm Leasing Locomotives even painted like that any more?
I hope they are. I almost photographed an SD40-2 in that scheme. I thought too long about it and missed the shot.
Andrew
I don’t think so. All the newly panted helm units I have seen have sold red or blue paint jobs.