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Has anyone seen this type of locomotive?
Seen it, no, but Herzog is a company that does rail surfacing so it’s probably powering a rail grinding train.
Looks like a rebodied GP7-9, going by the trucks and the fuel tank/ air reservoir placement. I have seen a similar unit, but built on a switcher frame.
Pulls a trainset, used for various MOW tasks.
Runs by remote control, and the operator can run from either end.
Herzog provides a number of railroad construction and MOW services including ultrasonic rail testing but they are not in the rail grinding business:http://www.herzogcompanies.com/railroad_services.php
Perhaps You’re thinking of LORAM (who also have yellow equipment)…
Herzog’ page for the MULTI-PURPOSE MACHINE including a neat video:http://www.herzogcompanies.com/railroad_services_mpm.php
You have to hit “Enter” before and after a link for it to be active.
You’re right, I was working from memory. You know the old saying, as you get older, the memory is the second thing to go.
wow that’s ugly…if you want shut down the railfan community make all trains look like this…
To each his own, some of us find M.O.W equipment interesting…not pretty, just functional (and cool, IMHO)
A G7/9 should have radiator fans fore and aft. How about a GP39? Note the turbo exhaust on the roof. Maybe even a GP20. The 2 fans would eliminate a 35 or 40.
Phil
Never seen this but have seen a full train of Herzog ballast cars on NS. Pulled by regular power but this would have been interesting too, weird stuff is always a nice diversion. Best part was I caught the train twice and the second time it was stretched out on Rockville Bridge.
Just watched the video, that little engine is just too cute!
There is a quarry not far from where I live here in PA that supplies ballast for N S that uses the special ballast cars.
Relco built them in their southern Iowa shops. Think they are built on an EMD NW/SW frame (too short for a GP) They have been in Denver cleaning up the damage from the coal train that took out the MSE wall and RTD in Englewood and also on the Boise City Sub. …Last seen on UP in Glenwood Canyon.
According to The Diesel Shop Website Herzog has Two of them and they are “GP38’s” there numbers are 169 and 173. If you want go Check it out on the page listed below. http://www.thedieselshop.us/Herzog.HTML
Interesting. Speno Rail grinding (now HARSCO) did some similiar conversions of ex-Conrail GP38s into power units for grinding trains. They also had EMD custom build some units based on F40PHs but with GP38-2 mechanicals and a completely different nose/cab…
Herzog train similar to this one has been working BNSF Artk City sub. Has spent the past two weekends laid over at Mulvane, Ks. Sorry no photos of it around here.[sigh]
As well as a short frame, too short for a GP38, note that it is also riding on switcher trucks. As Mudchicken says, most likely built on the frame of an SW or NW. It probably has a low horsepower prime mover since I don’t see much radiator capacity.
John
I should posted in the ugly locomotive section.[alien]
Don’t do that! It wasn’t ugly so much as different.