Barriger Library Photo Postings

PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2037

Nova55 wrote:

Been loving the marine stuff and can not wait to see more.

I recently got all of the logs from the NYCH tugs, so if we have dates, we can almost pin down those moves to the minute. One lining a carfloat on the nose up the East River is a long dead artform. Nobody would ever think of doing that today with a 1500HP single screw tug.

Here is the operation Nova55 is describing. Photos 18 to 23 of the Barriger album show this operation. I also shot 16mm movies of it.

I have recently added captions for most of the photos in the railroad tug album.

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Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2024 10:20 pm

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PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2348

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

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A few days after the below PC photo was taken these units were at the point on an experimental RoadRailer train, operated by a two-person crew of supervisors, through my hometown in Illinois, which resulted in a short strike by the unions representing Santa Fe train crews. I have previously recounted my unfortunate interaction with staffers from a train-themed publication when they came to said town to photograph that train. Brings back memories.

I believe these GP60 demonstrators, with their distinctive rounded short hood contours, were in the EMD lease fleet for a long time and then were traded to CSX.

PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2037

Here are some of the cabs for those units being built up on the cab line in the old Plant One around 1986.

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NJDixon · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:36 pm **Posts:** 233

PMC wrote:

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

Trains' Kevin Keefe comments:

https://www.trains.com/ctr/community/mi ... r-library/

A few days after the below PC photo was taken these units were at the point on an experimental RoadRailer train, operated by a two-person crew of supervisors, through my hometown in Illinois, which resulted in a short strike by the unions representing Santa Fe train crews. I have previously recounted my unfortunate interaction with staffers from a train-themed publication when they came to said town to photograph that train. Brings back memories.

I believe these GP60 demonstrators, with their distinctive rounded short hood contours, were in the EMD lease fleet for a long time and then were traded to CSX.

Just saw two weeks ago where CSX sold two of them to Metro East Industries, and the third was sold a while back to Larry's Truck & Electric.

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2348

NJDixon wrote:

Just saw two weeks ago where CSX sold two of them to Metro East Industries, and the third was sold a while back to Larry's Truck & Electric.

Interesting. At first I was shocked that GP60s, arguably the best four-axle freight power ever, and some of the last, would end up in Larry's rent-a-wreck fleet, but then I had to remind myself that they are closing in on 40 years old now.

PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2037

The most frequent question I get nowadays about 60-series is "How do you download the fault log"? I tell the caller to page through the archive with the screen and take pictures of the fault list with their phone.

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PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2037

EMD FL9 rebuild album posted today:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerl ... 0317695816

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PCook · **Joined:** Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:16 am **Posts:** 2037

Alco PA-1, EMD E7, and EMD FT tour and story albums posted last weekend:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/albums/

Alco PA-1 Interior walk-around:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerl ... 0317712290

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