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Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:45 am
by Robertrains
Here is the plan:Robertrains wrote: » Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:41 pm
Folkz, I'll be heading out to Grand Rapids area next Sun./Mon. (Jan. 21/22) and want to "Finally" catch 
C&IM SD20 #81! Where is it working nowadays? Can anyone help? 
i995impalass wrote: » Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:37 am Robertrains wrote: » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:00 am
i995impalass wrote: » Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:46 pm
Broke in the shop. Hope it comes out this week.
OK, this engine will decide my trip to Grand Rapids!!!! My goal of the trip is to "Finally" capture C&IM SD20 #81!!!! Now, what is "Broke" on it? Is it an "Easy Fix" or not? It must be at the shop in Manistee! i995impalass, could you please let me know as soon as it is back on the road and where it is working? I will pay the gas to "Railfan Gary" to drive to wherever this unit may be!!!! It is the "Last" C&IM SD20 locomotive like this left operating (there are 4 from Port Inland RR® now at LTEX...but those are 'Patched')!
Out on the road last night. Daylight to CSX today.
Steamlogger wrote:» Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:53 pm
It was one of five locos on Z151 in to Grand Rapids around 9:30 this morning. And back north at 6 mile road just after noon.
Well, the "Status" of this old C&IM SD20 engine these last four days seem promising!!!! Steamlogger, do you know if they will keep "Daylight" Z151 to Grand Rapids for a while? I sure hope to catch this loco in the daylight Sunday or Monday! Now, should I just check the line while I am out here both days? Am I correct this unit will be working somewhere in Daylight between Baldwin/Grand Rapids? Does anyone know where they will park this Sunday night? I hope to get "Night Shots" of it! I want my trip to be worth it! Well, I am guessing it will be in the middle of "Orange" locos!!!! I will have my scanner─and can look at this thread while we are "Seeking" (but won't be able to post)! Please help!!!! 
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:19 pm
by ~Z~
Might also want to read the CSX train location updates and Michigan shortline updates.
FYI, just heard MQT Z15119 is at Turner St in Grand Rapids southbound at 1:19pm. Unknown what locomotives are on it.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:03 pm
by Steamlogger
CIM 81 was not on Z151 today. They had 3 Orange SD40s and the TP&W unit
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:33 pm
by Robertrains
Steamlogger wrote:CIM 81 was not on Z151 today. They had 3 Orange SD40s and the TP&W unit
Wow, I didn't know they had a "TP&W Unit!!!!" Which one is that? The roster on "Railfan Wiki" doesn't list anything in TP&W paint! This would be good to photograph!!!!
Now, Does anyone know where C&IM SD20 #81 was set out at? I shall "Seek" this rare unit!!!! 
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:40 pm
by Doktor No
Its just another G&W paint with TP&W initials. OY!
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:00 pm
by PatAzo
It's in the remains of it's Rail America scheme with TP&W initials. It's a GP40X, one of only 23 built and even fewer that received the HTB truck.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:00 pm
by Steamlogger
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:30 pm
by ~Z~
Robertrains wrote:Steamlogger wrote:CIM 81 was not on Z151 today. They had 3 Orange SD40s and the TP&W unit
Wow, I didn't know they had a "TP&W Unit!!!!" Which one is that? The roster on "Railfan Wiki" doesn't list anything in TP&W paint! This would be good to photograph!!!!
Now, Does anyone know where C&IM SD20 #81 was set out at? I shall
"Seek" this rare unit!!!!
And now it's in the RRFan wiki:
http://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Marquette_Rail
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:04 pm
by Robertrains
Alright, I am planning on heading to Grand Rapids with "Railfan Gary" tomorrow and Monday! If anyone knows anything about a location where C&IM SD20 #81 is─please post!!!!
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:36 pm
by ~Z~
Per a post in Michigan railfans on FB, this #81 was leading z151 out of Grand rapids this afternoon.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:44 pm
by Robertrains
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:46 pm
by Robertrains
Hey, does anyone know the current "Status" of C&IM SD20 #81? Is it still in full C&IM paint/lettering? Is it still working for MQT? If so, where? Someone said that it went back to I&M. I never saw any reports of it leaving! Man I hope to see this "Rare" engine again!!!!
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:00 pm
by 12Bridge
It left not long after they fixed it from when it put a rod through the side of the block.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:18 pm
by NS3322
12Bridge wrote:It left not long after they fixed it from when it put a rod through the side of the block.
Where did it end up?
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 5:16 am
by Robertrains
NS3322 wrote:12Bridge wrote:It left not long after they fixed it from when it put a rod through the side of the block.
Where did it end up?
OK, "Finally" I found out that it was sold! Man am I glad I got it while it still had "C&IM" lettering! It has been sold to Knoxville Locomotive Works® last Summer! They painted out all lettering!!!!! At least it still is "Green" (unless painted since)!!!! Here's a picture of
KLWX 81 last July in Betsy Layne KY. (photo © of Everett N Young):
Source: http://csxthsociety.org/railfanning/csx ... 06-08.html
Below is the "History" before C&IM 81:
It originally was built as SOU SD24 #6316, 5/7/1975 Location: Burnside, KY (photo © Robert Thomson):
http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/116147/SOU6316.jpg
Then it was ICG SD20 #2022 (8/27/1986 Centralia, IL © Alan Gaines):
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=109133
Later it was IC SD20 #2022 (6/1/1990 Tolono, IL © Dave Ritter) 
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4167315
Lastly it became C&IM SD20 #81 sometime in the 1990s!!!! Here it is, along with #82, 5/26/2005, Springfield, IL (photo © Richard Vitchner): 
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=147548
Now SD20 #82 was sold to Cargill®! Here it is CRGX SD20 #609 (9/20/2017 Burlington, IA, © T G):
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4832685
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:33 am
by CIM81 tracker
Has anyone seen the old C&IM 81 anywhere? The web sights I follow seem to have stopped following it.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:29 am
by Robertrains
CIM81 tracker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:33 am
Has anyone seen the old
C&IM 81 anywhere? The web sights I follow seem to have stopped following it.
CIM81 tracker, finally official answers!!!!
OK, I see the
"Railfan Wiki" MQT page now explains what happened to ex
C&IM SD20 #81!!!! It is long gone and no longer
C&IM "Green!!!!" This means there are no longer any ex
C&IM SD20s that are in their colors (except possibly former
Port Inland® ones at
LTEX)!!!! Because I didn't post on this thread since 12-2-2018, I didn't get any updated pix! This unit has been re-painted!
RRpicturearchives shows it now in Georgia in
Cargill® paint!!!! The earliest photo of it repainted on that site is November 19, 2018! Though that photo wasn't uploaded until 2022! The below photo is from April 27, 2019!!!! Man I wish the unit stayed on
Marquette Rail®! Though I am very happy to finally have captured this unit in
C&IM colors─the trip I went to catch it, January 21/22, 2018, was awful rainy weather! I will never get this engine again how I did!!!!
Oh well, I am sure there are
"Railfans" who have never seen it!
Next I will upload negative scans of when I got it in 2018!!!!!
Photo of (ex CIM 81) Cargill® SD20 #610 in Gainesville, GA , 4/27/2019 (©Larry Burford):
http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=240324
The only four pix of this unit on RRPIX (as of January 2023): http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=240324
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:25 am
by CIM81 tracker
Robertrains wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:29 am
CIM81 tracker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:33 am
Has anyone seen the old
C&IM 81 anywhere? The web sights I follow seem to have stopped following it.
CIM81 tracker, finally official answers!!!!
OK, I see the
"Railfan Wiki" MQT page now explains what happened to ex
C&IM SD20 #81!!!! It is long gone and no longer
C&IM "Green!!!!" This means there are no longer any ex
C&IM SD20s that are in their colors (except possibly former
Port Inland® ones at
LTEX)!!!! Because I didn't post on this thread since 12-2-2018, I didn't get any updated pix! This unit has been re-painted!
RRpicturearchives shows it now in Georgia in
Cargill® paint!!!! The earliest photo of it repainted on that site is November 19, 2018! Though that photo wasn't uploaded until 2022! The below photo is from April 27, 2019!!!! Man I wish the unit stayed on
Marquette Rail®! Though I am very happy to finally have captured this unit in
C&IM colors─the trip I went to catch it, January 21/22, 2018, was awful rainy weather! I will never get this engine again how I did!!!!
Oh well, I am sure there are
"Railfans" who have never seen it!
Next I will upload negative scans of when I got it in 2018!!!!!
Photo of (ex CIM 81) Cargill® SD20 #610 in Gainesville, GA , 4/27/2019 (©Larry Burford):
http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=240324
The only four pix of this unit on RRPIX (as of January 2023): http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=240324
I’m not sure that this is correct. The Cargil engine that you are showing from the page your are referencing says that the engine was originally #82. Last post I found #81, it was marked KLWX 81 in Tennessee. It was still painted C&IM, but the diamond was removed and KLWX.
Re: CIM #81 SD20
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:45 am
by CIM81 tracker
Ok, after following up on a comment I just made. The guy is correct. CRGX 610 is formerly C&IM 81, my confusion to his comments was that a post above showed the same company had converted the C&IM 82 several years ago to CRGX 609. And that’s the number I searched. So they have two of former C&IM SD20s now and they are CRGX 609 & 610, with ironically the former numbers being 82 & 81. So I’m definitely happy to find this information. I do want to eventually take a picture of 610 myself, and I’ve never pictured any rail stuff ever.