Old GE's

CSSHEGEWISCH · June 4, 2007, 10:29am

Old EMD power is still fairly plentiful and there are still a few roads that operate with primarily Alco rosters. Besides TransKentucky Transportation and Lake Superior & Ishpeming, are there any other roads that operate primarily with old GE’s (Dash-7 or U-Boats)?

nanaimo73 · June 4, 2007, 11:10am

I believe the MM&A has about a dozen C30-7, ex ATSF and BNs.

Randy_Stahl · June 4, 2007, 6:17pm

I think your right.

Limitedclear · June 4, 2007, 6:50pm

Finger Lakes Railway in Upstate NY has 5 B23-7s and at least one U23B.

Providence & Worcester in MA/RI has a bunch of dash 8s. They have some dash 7s left I think including some of the former BN cabless B30s.

Ohio Central has some of the old Monogahela Super 7s.

Meridian Southern Railway in Mississippi has 5 B23-7s.

Nashville & Eastern also runs dash 7s.

LC

nanaimo73 · June 5, 2007, 1:32am

How are they doing ? Would you call them reliable or troublesome ?

Randy_Stahl · June 5, 2007, 7:11pm

Very reliable , the guys at Derby make them that way , good attention to quality.

AntonioFP45 · June 11, 2007, 6:18pm

The Georgia Central has some high nosed GE U-Boats still “chugging” away on the Lyons to Savannah line in Georgia.

GTW4914 · July 4, 2007, 12:32pm

Up here in michigan on the HURON AND EASTERN they have two U23B’s they are ex central michigan units they are used on everything from grain trains to coal trains they are numbered 8905 & 8903.

pedrop · July 11, 2007, 5:21pm

Here in Brazil we have hundred of U-boats in operation condition. Also we imported more than 500 second hand units from US and put them on the tracks again after a small restoration. Some received BB+BB trucks to run on meter gauge tracks and others still run on C-C trucks. Most of brazilian fleeet is GE and the oldest units are from 1956!

chad_thomas · July 12, 2007, 5:00pm

The Modoc Northern has a few, B23-7s I think.

BNSF_GP60M · July 13, 2007, 1:40pm

I believe they are former SP B30-7s.

Anonymous · July 13, 2007, 3:53pm

In addition to the U23B’s, HESR also rosters a pair of ex BNSF C30-7’s (one in BNSF Heritage I paint) and an ex BN B30-7, and 3 ex BN B30-7AB’s.

Railfan1 · July 13, 2007, 4:50pm

I believe CSX has a few C30-7s left to finish out their years working in Waycross, Ga.

Limitedclear · July 13, 2007, 10:12pm

Also, Penn Eastern Lines in PA runs several B23-7s, B30-7s and perhaps one U-Boat as well as several EMDs.

LC

cbq9911a · July 15, 2007, 7:43pm

BN U30C 5383 is the “regular” passenger diesel at the Illinois Railway Museum; it was repainted to green and black this past year.