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Seaboard Coast Line SD45 being restored for museum
I’ve been looking for a reason to go back to Oak Ridge.
A little irony here…A non-profit has a CSX heritage unit and money making CSX does not.
Check out the SARM Facebook page for others news. This isn’t the only locomotive project underway, or locomotive moving to Oak Ridge. There are also several passenger car and freight car projects, and we are working on some special events to show them all off. And for those that ask, this is an open Facebook page, you don’t have to register or join to read all of the postings and details.
Sharp looking locomotive. I have always liked this ACL/Seaboard black and yellow scheme. I hope it has the ‘Pulling for you’ slogan under the cab.
Where is it in Missouri?
It’s been in the Kansas City area for about a year now, and is about to leave the facility it was restored at soon.
VLIX = Vintage Locomotive Inc. Note no ditch lights. I’m glad it’s been restored and is operational. @Jason: put that “Pulling for You” on there, rev it up, close your eyes and imagine it roaring up the Raleigh Division with piggyback hotshot 275/276.
Nice news to see. But watch out for terms like “original” in regards to the prime mover. I seriously doubt such a thing exists in the world of dieseldom – an original anything. Remember that the whole concept of dieselization involved the railroads’ abilities to swap out traction motors, trucks, main generators, and yes, engines. There is probably no such thing anywhere in North America as a wholly intact “original” diesel-electric locomotive, that is, assuming it ever turned wheels in revenue service.