(erielack) B&LE SD45's (fwd)

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Got this email this afternoon, mentions and SDP45 which I thought might be of
interest to the list. Owned by HELM and leased or sold to the B&LE and will be 
painted in B&LE colors along with 7 other SD45's. Apparently internally they
are 40's now. Anyone know more about this or possibly have histories on the
units?

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>From: Mark Pappalardo
>
>FYI...
>
>I took the day off yesterday and wandered to the B&LE.  First
>stop was their shops in Greenville, PA.  While standing along
>the Conrail (former Erie RR) right of way, I could see a Helm
>Leasing (HLCX) engine sitting just west of the round house.  I
>could see it through the round house windows, and I think the
>number was 6505.  It is painted in the standard HLCX maroon and
>red scheme.  According to one of the web-based railroad rosters
>(http://www.ole.net/~rcraig/HELM.HTML), this is technically a
>SD40-3M, but it used to be an SD45 and still retains the SD45
>body.
>
>Later in the day yesterday I was talking with a B&LE brakeman
>and he said that the B&LE has purchased (maybe leased?)
>eight engines from Helm, and they have received four of them
>so far.  According to the HLCX roster mentioned above, they
>roster 26 of them, including one that has an SDP45 body.  He
>said that they will be painted in B&LE colors.  Assuming that
>they purchased 8 of the same model, it looks like the Bessemer
>is going to join their western PA neighbor, the B&P, by running
>at least what appear from the outside to be SD45's.
>
>Now, if they would only go back to their original B&LE paint
>scheme...
>
>MP



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