The World Is About to Have a 1953 E8A

CPR4000 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:07 pm **Posts:** 150

davew833 wrote:

UP's E9A's have no nose door headlight-- or nose door for that matter!

UP removed the nose doors from the executive E's relatively recently. For most of their careers, they certainly did have nose doors.

I wonder if the museum plans to remove the HEP fans from the dynamic brake hatch and restore the d/b fan at some point? Would be nice! That vest pocket streamliner they're putting together is an excellent project.

Walt L.

CalPoly4220 · **Joined:** Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:51 am **Posts:** 9

Brian Norden wrote:

atsfm177 wrote:

Wasn't the 942 one of two E's that were at Pacific Rail dismantling several years ago? If so, where did the other one go?

Yes, it was. But, I don't know what happened to the other one.

The other one had been fixed up to some extent for a Southern California area project that never happened. Then it went off somewhere else

http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=70730

Looks like it's stored out in Commerce / La Mirada.

atsfm177 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:46 am

CalPoly4220 wrote:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=70730

Looks like it's stored out in Commerce / La Mirada.

The image with the most recent date in that collection is in Chandler, AZ. Anyone know if its still there?

Greg

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:59 am

The Chandler shot is at the Arizona Railway Museum. Here's the information on the loco from the ARM's website at http://www.azrymuseum.org/roster/roster.html :

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Built July 1950 for Chicago & Northwestern number 5022 B (units came in pairs). Ran on the "400" trains. In mid 1960's the steam boiler was removed and replaced with a Head End Power generator for use in commuter service in Chicago. At this time the number was changed to 519. When METRA took over Chicago suburban service the engine became METRA 519. Retired in 1991. Sold 1992 to Pacific Rail Dismantlers who numbered her to PRDX 519. Sold 1997 to Monad Railway Equipment and numbered MREX 97. 2006 to Sonia Orlenko who moved the engine to the Arizona Railway Museum for display and storage.

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