I will be spending a lot of time along the wheeling and lake erie railroad this labor day weekend thay have a neat mix of power hope to catch the pure 90MAC,s I think they have about 4 or 5 of the brutes I think i am going to do 24 hours thier and the D&RGW power they have will make this an awesome trip all my time will be spent in spencerOh by the way i will ON SHEET everything.
N.S just recieved 6 former U.P. sd 90,s that are’ accordind to the rumor mill, are to be repaired and join the 15 unit sd-80 mac fleet operating out of South fork pa,25 miles west of Altoona.The locos are currently in temp. storage west of The Juniata repair shop
Are these H macs or 9043s?
I just checked thediesleshop. All numbrs from 8863 through through 8951 are vacant. It looks like the last of the SD90MACs are off the roster.
I believe that all of W&LE’s SD90MAC’s are in storage at Brewster, and that’s not a railfan-friendly place. I don’t recommend trying to get onto, or near, the yard. I have not seen any of the 90’s on W&LE for a couple of years. W&LE had big problems and took them completely out of service. At one time the leasing company was paying W&LE to store them, but I don’t know if that’s still true.
The Juniata Shops are going to convert the units into something mechanically similar to a SD70ACe. When they are finished the units will be shipped to Fortescue Minerals in the Pilbara region of NW Australia. Emissions are not a problem so they probably are saving some money, whether it will be a worthwhile savings remains to be seen.
The true 6000 horsepower SD90MACs are no longer in service on the Union Pacific.
Here’s a pair of them from October of 1998 when they were the big dogs on the mainline.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wales23/4134451955/
These locos were both cut up at Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, IL.
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mact: Murphy Siding asked about the GE AC6000:
Tis link has info on those particular engines and status: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/GE_AC6000CW
AS to EMD’s SD90MAC’s : http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/EMD_SD90MAC
Here is linked a thread from a couple of years ago on this FORUM referencing what happened with the B&P RR’s SD 90MACS what were to be used on their coal trains:
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/142944/1592405.aspx
Hope this answers some of your questions.[8-|]