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| Author: | bobyar2001 [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | BNSF SD9 |
Slightly off-topic, but a recent Trainorders photo of a BNSF SD9, still in use on a mainline freight train. Interesting to see these still in use nearly 50 years after they replaced steam: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,904471 |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BNSF SD9 |
Dear heavens. I remember going bananas ("I'll probably never see another SD9 in service!") when I photographed one of these SD9's (heck, maybe this very one?) on a local on the "racetrack" at La Grange, Ill............. oh, my heavens....... exactly 20 years and one week ago!!!!!!!!!! And "tiger-stripe" GP50s....... and fuel-tender tank cars......... |
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| Author: | Aaron Zorko [ Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BNSF SD9 |
I don't know what the big deal is. :) I run SD-9s on the Port of Tillamook Bay RR every day. If I'm on the 3 percent I might even get all four units in the 8th notch. I've found very little except a hard working steamer that sounds better than a first generation diesel. Aaron Zorko p.s. please don't take the frist line too seriously. I barely remember SD9's finishing up on the BN in the Omaha Area. I'm just happy to see them still running. |
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