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

["Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">]

I;ve seen shots of an HLCX maroon and blue SDP45, so there is such an
animal.  I'm pretty sure this was an EL unit, I think someone sent pix to
Paul or a URL to the list -

Bill Kisselstein

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> From: Blue Moon Network Administrator <"root_@_net.bluemoon.net">
> To: "erielack_@_internexus.net"
> Subject: (erielack) B&LE SD45's (fwd)
> Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 8:18 PM
> 
> 
> 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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