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EASTERN RAILROAD NEWS
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SD70MAC TRACK
The next pair of SD70MAC's
have been released from Altoona and are heading for Pittsburgh. ATPI-2
departed this morning with 4138 and 4139 in the middle of a consist.
These units "will likely" get the call on the next PINF train. Only
five SD70MAC's remain on the floor at Juniata. Norfolk Southern's
SD70's should begin entering the shops as kits within the next week.
These units will begin emerging in late May with Conrail-blue paint and
road numbers 2557-2580. The SD70's will be constructed similar to
the Norfolk Southern 2500-2556-series already in service. New features
on the Conrail-built units will be cab signals and LSL (Locomotive Speed
Limiter) equipment for operations on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Originally planned for Conrail paint, the units were reportedly going to
emerge in Norfolk Southern paint. Last week, NS advised that since
the SD70MAC order was ahead of schedule, the NS order would be shipped
before the "official" control date. The order was then sent to Altoona
that the units were to be painted Conrail. This SD70-order will represent
the last locomotive purchase for Conrail and also be the last new units
delivered in Conrail paint. -Kevin Burkholder
| 4130 | Elkhart, IN | 5/2/98 | 03:40 ET | SEEL-0B |
| 4131 | Elkhart, IN | 5/2/98 | 03:40 ET | SEEL-0B |
| 4132 | CP-FB, NY | 5/2/98 | 07:48 ET | TOMT-1 |
| 4133 | CP-FB, NY | 5/2/98 | 07:48 ET | TOMT-1 |
| 4134 | CP-415, IN | 5/2/98 | 09:29 ET | SEEL-1A |
| 4135 | CP-415, IN | 5/2/98 | 09:29 ET | SEEL-1A |
| 4136 | Indianapolis, IN | 5/2/98 | 01:38 ET | SEIN-1X |
| 4137 | Indianapolis, IN | 5/2/98 | 01:38 ET | SEIN-1X |
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NEW TRAINS KICK-OFF
The first 46 car Amtrak ballast train arrived at Schiller Park last night on T142-01 and was set out to be taken to Amtrak sometime over this weekend. The FINAL power assignment is: WC GP35 2557 and SDL39 585. This has changed since we originally posted the "planned" motive power.
Also, the first NSGBC (NS-Calumet Chicago-Green Bay Coal Loads) went west last night about 22:45 with this consist; NS C40-9W 9156, NS SD60 6512, and WC SD45 6550 with 89 cars including five empties on the hind end. -Ray Weart
- INDUSTRY NEWS
NEW RAIL MILL FOR WISCONSIN
Governor Tommy Thompson traveled here today to announce that ABC Rail Products Corporation will build a new plant that will employ about 40 in this Lake Superior community, 75 miles east of Superior.
The new plant is one of several being made possible by TIF financing and TEA grants awarded to the city of Ashland by the State of Wisconsin.
Construction of the 57,000 sq.-ft. building will begin in early August with completion in October. Site preparation work is expected to begin in about two weeks.
The plant will assemble track panels, which are sections of rail that allow trains to switch from one track to another. The panels, up to 264 feet long, will be assembled into complete sections and then shipped to railroad customers that will initially include Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad, and the DM&IR.
Rick Sauer, operations manager for ABC Rail Track Products Division plants in Newton, Kansas, and Superior and Ashland, Wisconsin, said the Ashland plant would replace a similar facility in Duluth, Minnesota, which is being closed.
ABC Rail Products, headquartered in Chicago, operates a network of track product facilities serving railroads across the country. The Ashland plant will receive components for assembly from ABC Rail's plant in Superior and its new rail mill in Chicago Heights, Illinois. There will be no manufacturing planned at the Ashland plant at this time.
Sauer said his company had worked closely with the city of Ashland, the State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Central Railroad, and other governing bodies in obtaining approvals and financing for the new plant.-ABC Rail Products
- EXCURSIONS
CITY OF DANBURY SPECIAL
On May 16, the Danbury Railway Museum will be running The City of Danbury Special, an express from Grand Central Terminal to our 3rd annual open house. It will leave GCT at 08:45 for Danbury via the shore line and Danbury Branch, arriving at 10:20. After taking in the show, you will depart at 14:30 for a return via the Maybrook freight line and the Hudson line to GCT, with arrival scheduled for 18:45. Tickets are $39 for adults ($35 before April 19) and $29 for kids under 16 ($25 before April 19).
Ticket price includes admission to the show (open both Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th), which will feature nearly 30 pieces of rollng stock, including an operating RS-1 in New Haven livery, a restored E unit in NYC lightning stripes, and maybe a few late suprises. There will be engine cab rides and caboose rides (extra fare), speeder rides to the only operating turntable in Connecticut, operating model RR displays, dealers in railroadiana, photos and models, authors and book signings, and a 1 1/2" scale riding train for the kiddies. Saturday will also see a 90 minute excursion to Southeast, NY, on the Maybrook line, and there are two trips planned for Sunday, 4hrs out and back to Hopewell Jct, and another 90 minute trip to Southeast. The Saturday night photo session, is $15.
Tickets are
available via phone: (203) 778-8337
or by mail:
Danbury Railway Museum
P.O. Box 90
Danbury, Conn 06813-0090
You may also send a e-mail to either address: DLREVEN@worldnet.att.net (home) or dpreventlow@cbs.com (work), and I will be glad to answer any questions. -Don, Volunteer Danbury Railway Museum
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