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Here's one for the IORY guys. I&O running south again today, this time as a Z831, about to meet two northbounds (Q512 and Q042) at Ottawa. I know the RR is still probably a little thrown off from the storm, but I've never heard this symbol before.

After about 4 days of no movement on the north end (at least between Delta and Lima) because of the massive snowstorm that arrived on Sunday, IORY 4071 is leading a southbound Z869-08 into the Ottawa Loop at Kleman. This train is finally moving south after being dead north of XN in Leipsic since the...

OFOX is the reporting mark for RESIDCO (Residual Based Finance Corporation). They have a decent sized fleet of rolling stock, and appear to be doing locomotive leasing as well, owning GP38-2s, MP15s, and (as reported) SD40-2s. Along with their rail assets, they do a lot of leasing and other business...

Well, it is true. 5 SD75Ms were spotted in Wyoming heading to power short locations on BNSF in the Pacific Northwest or Montana.

#s spotted:
BNSF 8223
BNSF 8257
BNSF 8203
BNSF 8238
BNSF 8214

Along with the rumored return of these units, BNSF has many other goodies currently wandering about their system, including: 60 or so leased CREX GEs, around 80 leased CP units, most of the 600 series Dash 9s, almost all of the 800-900 Dash-8s and 8100 series SD60Ms, almost all of their SD70MACs, an...

Rumor has it that BNSF and Bank of America have apparently agreed on a new lease for the former ATSF SD75Ms that were returned at the beginning of this year. The engines, which have been sitting at NRE in Silvis, IL since January, have been reported to have been moved towards the west end of the com...

and the ramifications to Native American burial grounds. Ah yes... All of the 565 Native American tribes out west have the right to review whether the antennae for the PTC on BNSF can be built on sacred ground (found the article here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-21/tribes-vetting-22-000-a...

Northbound I&O LNLX (Z869) about to meet a southbound at Ottawa @ 11:50am. IORY 4084 on point with 2696ft of train and 158 axles.

Y@ wrote:Which way is the 9400 facing, G?

Facing south.

LNL went back north around 9:30 last night, didn't catch the lead engine...

Southbound LNL train into Lima this afternoon, around 4pm. IORY 9400 and JFDX 8045 for power, didn't stick around for the entire consist...

I have heard from several sources that CN 5245, an SD40-2W, has been sent to the Bessemer and Lake Erie to replace BLE 905, which hit a log truck a few months ago. One of the BL&E boards sighted the unit behind BLE 867 heading north in Shenango, PA. Sad to see the reign of solid orange B&LE, just ov...

Dunno if it's been mentioned or not, but the I&O has two Ohio Central SD40-2's on property now. I'm too lazy to look back to see if anyone else posted about that. WlmEr3A50ac It's been mentioned a few times, I caught the 4030 making a run from Leipsic to Delta a few weeks ago. Geddy D caught it lea...

The southbound LNL, which had sat in the Ottawa Loop for two days, went south this morning. Into Lima at around 6:20am with OHCR 4030 and IORY 4072 for power and a monster train. Both engines, running LHF, were giving absolutely everything they had getting the train, which was probably 70+ cars, int...

IORY southbound heading into Lima, just now by DT&I Jct at 3:15pm. Not many specifics on this guy, as I was walking home from school. 1 or 2 engines (leader sounded like of the ex-CP SD40-2s) and a moderate sized train, going off of sound.

More changes since last updated. All 12 of the inherited MSRR locomotives have been patched, with 4 of them in DERR paint (those being DERR 2001, 2102, 2103, and 1400). Power, including the original RS-3s, is being spread throughout the system. A pair of through trains from the ICS have started, as ...

DT&I wrote:We dont even know if it is going to the IORY so don't get your hopes up too high.

It isn't. Heard it went out on Q391 to Chicago from Willard...

What is MTY? Looks to be a lot of loaded coil cars, tanks, and the other usual stuff. I don't see a block of pig iron cars here. Not sure when they will get north since CSX is busy replacing the switch at DT&I junction. MTYs is short for Empties, and in this case, empty covered hoppers for The Ande...

They pretty much already are all ready because they were just on the road 2 weeks ago, we drained the fuel tanks though but they will be filled when ready per lease agreement standard with all leased TSCR units. OK, sounds good! We'll let you know when we want them sent over. Oh, got an empty grain...

DT&I wrote:You can get as many as you need, they will probably be in storage for a long time if they aren't leased.

Thanks! When we decide on how many we need, can you have them readied by the beginning of September?

Yea well the OC&M scheme was ugly and needed to be destroyed lol, all of the original TSCR units were rebuilt. Alrighty. Power Management is debating whether to get 5 or 10, but will probably just split the difference and get 8. If we like them, and need some more later on in harvest season, can we...