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MQT3001 wrote:Send those 3 cars to Greenville, and we can have our Wyoming Yard shop forces bang those out in just a few days. Consider it a favor in goodwill to keep in case we need something in the future.
ok thanks if you need anything let me know
right now we are working on getting a license to rebuild brake valves , power assembly's and traction motors we might build a shop just west of shields by m46 and m52 by the tracks
how did the steam fest go when would we expect our gbw 2-6-0 and caboose
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astrovanman1989 wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Send those 3 cars to Greenville, and we can have our Wyoming Yard shop forces bang those out in just a few days. Consider it a favor in goodwill to keep in case we need something in the future.
ok thanks if you need anything let me know
right now we are working on getting a license to rebuild brake valves , power assembly's and traction motors we might build a shop just west of shields by m46 and m52 by the tracks
how did the steam fest go when would we expect our gbw 2-6-0 and caboose
Steamfest went very well. Your 2-6-0 and cab will be towed back east by L-FULGRE tomorrow on their normal run.
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OK ILL SEND samm fp7's 503 and 504 and the 3 cars with wheel sets we will arrive at 1pm
just beware of rdc-2 #80 is on a private charter trip greenville to alma it leaves greenville at 7am and returns at 830pm
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does any one opperate the gtw line greenville-carson city and the gr&i track at big rapids

samm rr has purchased the rites to 2 branchline roadbeds

stanton to sheridan on the edmore to greenville line track speed will be 25mph when the track is replaced

also the roadbed from rodney to chippewa lake on the edmore to big rapids line
this strech will be a touriest line to a park on chippewa lake
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samm gp15-1 1516 and gp38-2 3875 are taking a train from edmore to big rapids it will be a slow trip limited to 15mph with a american crane in tow the and 2 flats with ties and 3 flats with 90 pound rail and a caboose with mow workers 2 cov hoppers of sand and 3 cov hoppers of cement powder for the block planr in mecosta and and 3 center beams for the lumber company in big ripids and 4 empty box cars for the cannery in big rapids

the crew will drop the crane and flat cars and caboose in the siding at rodney while the mow workers unload the new rails and ties then off to big rapids to drop 3 center beams and 4 box cars then pick up 5 loaded boxcars and a empty bulkhead flat car back to rodney to pick up the mow crew and leave the crane and one flatcar train and drop off the 5 cov hoppers at mecosta and pick up 2 enpty cov hoppers and back to edmore to drop the cars on yard 2 and park the engines in the engine house and put the cabose on the rip track next to ex c&o gp30 #3010 a parts loco damaged frame from a crash with a garbage truck then it derailed and went of a bridge with a 25 ft drop in the river
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samm has purchased new locomotives
gp9m's 106/110/123 ex mrl
and 3 gp20's both ex iowa northern
2010(2000) and (2011) will be turned into slugs
and 2012(2002) is operational

#110 will be donated to the saginaw railway museun after being painted nyc colors and a 90 day inspection
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samm rr is in need of a 80 car grain train

samm rr has a new customer in st louis a power plant that burns old car tires to make electricity

samm rr has a few loco's for rent
rent is $1000 a month
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gp6om 100 and 101
gp60b 201
u33b in pc paint 3300-3301
gp40 4000
and c30-7a cabless 4065
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Your 80-car train has been ordered, will be G-TOLSAG-24 for the empties. It is a CSX train with new [..CSX..] hoppers. Crew currently scheduled to get it around noon that day with the crew turning from a G-WEBTOL-23. Will let you know when we drop it off in Paines.

I've been meaning to ask you for awhile now, how would you like moving the interchange to Saginaw? The current setup with Paines is gettin crowded. We can offer to sell you the line up to the Saginaw City limit, then give you trackage rights into Saginaw Yard, and interchange there. So you get customers, current and future, up to the limits, and great access to Saginaw Yard. This move will also benefit both our customers, since interchange traffic will move faster.

We'd pencil you in for one inbound turn per day, X-SAG, for an inbound run to the yard, yard your inbound train, take your power and grab the outbounds.

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OK saginaw yard will work ill call your dispatch when i get close to mershon to get clearance to enter the yard when ever we have trains to swap
yea the elevators have lots of wheat to get rid of for the upcoming harvest this fall the train will be about 55 cars of wheat and 25 of corn it will take about a week to fill them all since the elevators only work on weekdays

does any of your trains run to midland mi if you'd like to sell the trackage from saginaw - midland i might be interested
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astrovanman1989 wrote:OK saginaw yard will work ill call your dispatch when i get close to mershon to get clearance to enter the yard when ever we have trains to swap
yea the elevators have lots of wheat to get rid of for the upcoming harvest this fall the train will be about 55 cars of wheat and 25 of corn it will take about a week to fill them all since the elevators only work on weekdays

does any of your trains run to midland mi if you'd like to sell the trackage from saginaw - midland i might be interested
We're not interested in selling the Midland Branch currently.

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bussiness has been doing good on the samm rr a power plant has opened in st louis that burns used rr ties we are buying used rr ties $10 a tie

we are looking for bids to rewire 4 gp9's to -3 electrical standards

2 trains will be runing friday
a monster train for saginaw
gp60m 100
gp60b 200
gp60m 105
gp11-3 1149

30 mixed freight for dow chemical in midland mi
25 empty sand hoppers bound for csx in toledo they will return loaded in a week
100 empty coal hoppers out of storage also bound for csx in toledo

#1149 will be droped off on the wye to hsc


merrill to edmore
c420m 21
rs20 306

6 cov hopp for elvator in breckinridge
4 salt hopper for gratiot county raod comm in alma
2 gons of used ties for st louis
1 centerbeam lumber st louis
24 cars for edmore for the 2 locals

return
pick up 15 cars from edmore
pu 8 cars in alma interchange
pu 24 cov hop at wheeler elv
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MQT can do the re-wire. We can also do a general overhaul of the locomotives, including the prime mover, and install MUGC and/or RC controls. Your choice.
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MQT3001 wrote:MQT can do the re-wire. We can also do a general overhaul of the locomotives, including the prime mover, and install MUGC and/or RC controls. Your choice.
how much to rebuild 4 gp9's into a gp22eco v8 710 repower like this one the ones i have are high hood
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astrovanman1989 wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:MQT can do the re-wire. We can also do a general overhaul of the locomotives, including the prime mover, and install MUGC and/or RC controls. Your choice.
how much to rebuild 4 gp9's into a gp22eco v8 710 repower like this one the ones i have are high hood
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I guess we have a few 710s lying around here...of course hardly any of our units have their original prime mover...we just take each out and refurbish it later with major rebuilds...uh I think we can do that. MUGC and/or RC?

Including Paint and all, probably $56,000. MUGC, RC not included. Comes with a 3-year warranty on worked-on mechanical and electric components, MUGC and RC come with lifetime warranties.
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MQT3001 wrote:
astrovanman1989 wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:MQT can do the re-wire. We can also do a general overhaul of the locomotives, including the prime mover, and install MUGC and/or RC controls. Your choice.
how much to rebuild 4 gp9's into a gp22eco v8 710 repower like this one the ones i have are high hood
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I guess we have a few 710s lying around here...of course hardly any of our units have their original prime mover...we just take each out and refurbish it later with major rebuilds...uh I think we can do that. MUGC and/or RC?

Including Paint and all, probably $56,000. MUGC, RC not included. Comes with a 3-year warranty on worked-on mechanical and electric components, MUGC and RC come with lifetime warranties.
just paint them like the one below engine numbers are 125-128
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SAMM RR HAS AQUIRED 2 NEW LOCOMOTIVES SW12OORS #50 AND #51 WE TRAIDED 4 16CYL 645 ENGINES FROM SOME SD40'S WE PARTED OUT

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samm rr has been quiet for the last couple of days because of the bad weather m of w crews are out in force

samm b 30 7 3001and3002 ex ns will cleared west of merrill with a jordan spreader plus a caboose with maint workers to clear crossings trees and other obstructions

samm fp7 503+504 will headed east towards saginaw and ran around there train in genasee yard with a flanger and a caboose with maint workers

samm 110+112 sw1's worked the yard putting a couple of trains together for friday morning

samm 401 rs1 was working the storage yard pulling a few cars for friday

samm 10 44 tonnerworked the carshop and moved a few locos into the roundhouse
samm gp20#2012 has a bad traction motor
samm gp35e 3502 needs a new turbo


90 day inspections
#707 gp30
584 sdl39
1516 gp15-1
3300 u33b

units drained for the winter
sd24 2401
gp9b 1907-08
fp7 419 421
gp60b 201
sd35 2500

samm rr has some unit for lease $1500 a week
gp60m 104-105
60b 200-201
gp40 4000
gp38-2 3875
gp9b1907-08
u33b 3300-3301
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