Gaw, another riddle!!! I’m guessing that the engine was from the BN merger. And that the unit was SLSF.
D&H GP39-2 76xx
It’s a WAG, but the best I have…
I haven’t as clue, but does it involve the SF/SP livery from (IIRC) late eighties/early nineties? - a.s.
whats WAG?
The BN merger part is correct. That should make it much easier.
No.
Knowing nothing about the D&H I can not speculate on how close a WAG (Wild Asx Guess) that was. It is not the answer I’m looking for.
ohhh, that’s what a WAG is. So the unit was from the SLSF, right?
I was gonna guess “Hustle Muscle”, the first SD45. But as far as I know it isn’t scrapped. I am confused at the part where it was painted back to the original colors, not the new ones, right before scrapping? Maybe for a special event?
it is painted in it’s original colors and is preserved at a museum
No.
Correct in the part where Huste Muscle is still out there and I think has been repainted into Empire Builder colors. Incorrect in that is not the loco in question.
Yes, you are on the right track, it was a special event.
No, that would have been way cool though. It should have been. That is the most ironic part of the story, where it went to scrap in this relatively brand new paint. The photo that I have of the unit is of it sitting bright and shinny in the scrap yard line.
It was an NP unit that was painted back to NP colors for a lawsuit brought against the RR. Can’t remember the model or roadnumber.
Al - in - Stockton
Sometimes it pays to sleep on something. As I recall the unit was actually an ex SP&S Alco that was painted into old NP colors for a lawsuit. The NP had already scrapped the actual unit that was involved in the incident and the BN merger had since taken place. The unit was repainted into the NP colors and after the court case was sent to scrap wearing the new paint. Am I close.
Al - in - Stockton
That is the situation. It was used for a re-enactment of a grade crossing accident. Now all we need is the class and unit number. I’m looking for the unit number of the re-enactment paint scheme.
I’m guessing it was a Alco C636
Right manufacturer wrong class. As it seems this question has run out of steam the answer is in the Burlington Northern 1977-1980 Annual. BN unit 4082 was repainted back to NP colors on May 26, 1978 to recreate a crossing accident. It carried the 4082 # in NP colors with “BN” initials under the road number on the cab. Oh yeah, the original unit was NP #858 not an SP&S unit.
There is another interesting trivia question to which I don’t know the answer. Other than this unit what was the last unit that carried the NP canoe paint scheme?
I give credit to answering this one to passengerfan because he answered the hardest part of the question. Passengerfan - your turn.
Name the predecessor passenger trains to the Internationals on the Seattle - Vancouver BC route operated by the GN?
Al - in - Stockton
Come on it’s an easy question?
I will make it easy it was the day trains.
Al - in - Stockton
The only way I could figure out the answer is to consult an old Off. Guide to the Rwys., and maybe not even then. - a.s.
Train #358? I didn’t know it had a name.
The two trains were the Morning Puget Sounder and Afternoon Puget Sounder and both operated right up to the introduction of the Streamlined Internationals.
Anyone else with a question.
Al - in - Stockton