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

[Kevin DeGroff <"kdegroff_@_csi.com">]

Blue Moon Network Administrator wrote:

> 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?
>
> J. Henry Priebe Jr.       Blue Moon President & Network Administrator
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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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The units interchanged to the B&LE so far are 6502, 6505, 6506 and 6507.
These units were at VMV a month ago, and there are a few more members of this
group there now, probably going to B&LE also.  I don't think the SDP will be in
the batch going to the B&LE.





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