RE: (erielack) CR 5460/DLW 959 location confirmed

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

Kevin,

Great detective work! Glad to see this unit is still running.

Wonder if the Vulcan folks would ever donate the unit for preservation once its useful life is over?

	- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org]On Behalf Of Kevin DeGroff
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:53 AM
> To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> Subject: (erielack) CR 5460/DLW 959 location confirmed
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> At the end of a business trip to Chicago, I was able to get out for 
> about 6 hours on Sunday 2-12 while dodging the
> lake effect snow to do a little (locomotive) critter hunting and 
> (railroad) archaeological digging around northern
> Indiana and Illinois.
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> In the process, I am able to confirm that CR 5460 nee-DLW 959 
> is indeed 
> at the Vulcan quarry in Lehigh, IL.  The
> Vulcan rail line runs parallel to IL Rte 7000 West, and 
> connects to the 
> NYC (now NS) Streator line on its north end,
> and the IC (now Bloomer Line) to the south.  I did scout out 
> the entire 
> facility, including traveling down to the BLOL
> interchange, but did not see any other power on the property, 
> so it is 
> safe to assume that the GP8 is the sole locomotive
> being used at this facility.  There were empty ballast cars 
> sitting on 
> the NS interchange, with their heavily rusted wheels
> indicative of no movement in many weeks.  Given the time of year 
> (off-season for local construction), business is naturally
> slow.  The GP8 was shut down and plugged in to a block heater of some 
> sort.  A modular office building was open, so I
> wandered in and got the salesman's business card from the security 
> officer.  I then wandered around and snapped
> some photos.
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460a.jpg
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460b.jpg
> The unit only has one numberboard with actual numbers 
> showing.  The rest 
> are blank.
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460c.jpg
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460d.jpg
> The frame number: 6339-4
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/vulx5460e.jpg
> The MK rebuild plate
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~kadegroff/card.jpg
> Scan of the salesman's business card with company contact info
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