My version of Penn Central

[MQT3001]

No! I want 20 of the SD40s! I'll pay a better price and even send locos down to get them !

[atrainguy60]

I will pay more than whatever MQT is paying. Whatever he wants them for, I will pay even more. No matter the price.

[MQT3001]

I will pay more than whatever MQT is paying. Whatever he wants them for, I will pay even more. No matter the price.

I'll take them from DT&I in exchange for new engine orders from Lima (We plan on getting more SD70ACes)

[atrainguy60]

How about this. I will buy the 65 SD40's, and I will give you the GR&P's SD70ACes, MQT.

[MQT3001]

How about this. I will buy the 65 SD40's, and I will give you the GR&P's SD70ACes, MQT.

What about Dt&I's and DRE&C's SD40s?

[atrainguy60]

Oh yeah, I forgot about their orders for a minute there. I guess that leaves only 15 SD40's. You guys can have the SD40's. If these are still available, though, I'll take:

5 SW7's
3 SW9's
6 RS3's
8 U23B's
11 U33B's
35 GP30's

[MQT3001]

There, I'll take 15 SD40s. NOTHING IS LEFT

[atrainguy60]

I guess I didn't have to order the SD40's. By ordering the rest of the engines, I get 68 new engines.

[MQT3001]

Thought I'd be nice and post what we all got during this little shopping spree:

DT&I:
40 SD40s

Michigan Railfan:
10 SD40-2's
2 RS3's
5 U23B's
6 GP30's

AtrainGuy60:
5 SW7's
3 SW9's
6 RS3's
8 U23B's
11 U33B's
35 GP30's

MQT3001:
15 SD40-2s

[conrailman75]

The DT&C will buy 40 SD40's if theyre still up for sale.

Consider them yours, I will have my shop forces get them ready to move and arrange routing to Lima. Due to the size of this order, I will send them in two or three batches to get them all delivered. Will update when they are ready to roll.

[MQT3001]

Can you get mine rolling on up to Grand Rapids? I will also take any of your SD40 parts stock you want to give up...toss them in some boxcars and stick them on the end of your train the GR.

[conrailman75]

Thought I'd be nice and post what we all got during this little shopping spree:

DT&I:
40 SD40s

Michigan Railfan:
10 SD40-2's
2 RS3's
5 U23B's
6 GP30's

AtrainGuy60:
5 SW7's
3 SW9's
6 RS3's
8 U23B's
11 U33B's
35 GP30's

MQT3001:
15 SD40-2s

Thanks MQT, now I know who to ship everything to I will work on getting everything ready to roll and start getting these units delivered to the appropriate railroads. atrain, I'll send you stuff to Kalamazoo since I know you own the old GDLK south of there. Michiganrailfan, I'll have DT&I's railroad deliver your units to you since he connects to Toledo and I don't right now. MQT, yours will be delivered to Grand Rapids again. There, we helped everyone out motive power wise and cleaned up our deadlines in the process.

[MQT3001]

Are you going to send them at the same time as the C425s??.....also, no need to fix them up, we are going to upgrade them to SD40-3s anyway, again, SEND PARTS!

[conrailman75]

Are you going to send them at the same time as the C425s??.....also, no need to fix them up, we are going to upgrade them to SD40-3s anyway, again, SEND PARTS!

Yep same route, up the GR&I Branch to Grand Rapids again. My shop guys need to give them a quick FRA inspection before sending them out on the road. Your SD40's are sitting in the deadline at Ft. Wayne and will be sent up your way tomorrow, scheduled as SPL-501, along with a few hi-cubes of locomotive parts that we have here in Ft. Wayne. As I gather up the remaining pieces scattered around the various yard shops around the system, I'll be sure to put 'm in boxcars and send them up to you. Power is scheduled to be SD45E's 6110 and 6125 with caboose 24540.

[MQT3001]

Are you going to send them at the same time as the C425s??.....also, no need to fix them up, we are going to upgrade them to SD40-3s anyway, again, SEND PARTS!

Yep same route, up the GR&I Branch to Grand Rapids again. My shop guys need to give them a quick FRA inspection before sending them out on the road. Your SD40's are sitting in the deadline at Ft. Wayne and will be sent up your way tomorrow, scheduled as SPL-501, along with a few hi-cubes of locomotive parts that we have here in Ft. Wayne. As I gather up the remaining pieces scattered around the various yard shops around the system, I'll be sure to put 'm in boxcars and send them up to you. Power is scheduled to be SD45E's 6110 and 6125 with caboose 24540.

Cool....I love parts. We are planning a Wyoming Yard Expansion, and we will have a whole parts storage yard with 5-10 tracks, enough space for 100 cars

[conrailman75]

Heads up railfans as Penn Central will be gathering up all of its old retired units that were sold and moving them to Ft. Wayne to be forwarded to their new owners. INFW-9 is called tomorrow with GEVO's 6345 and 6322 and retired SD40's 6043, 6055, 6051, 6049, 6058, 6063, 6040, 6059, 6045, 6052. This train is scheduled to depart Indianapolis at 9am EDT. INFW-9X is called tomorrow at 1:15pm with SD70ACes 6960 and 6985 and retired GP30's 2196, 2200, 2193, 2205, 2201, 2190, 2197, 2208, 2191, 2209. INCH-9 is called tomorrow at 4:15am EDT with C44-9W's 6610 and 6180 with all 13 U23B's(2712-2724) in tow. INGR-9 is called tomorrow night at 10:15pm EDT with SD70M 6420 and 6629 and retired GP30's 2199, 2202, 2207, 2192, 2195, 2196, 2198, 2203, 2206, 2204. The INCH-9 and INGR-9 will drop off their retired units at Piqua yard in Ft. Wayne before continuing to their respective destinations. There is also an ENS-503 called out of Indianapolis Hawthorne yard tomorrow morning at 8am with SD70M-2 6814 and retired SD40's 6060, 6064, 6041, 6053, 6057, 6042, 6047, 6050, 6056, 6062, 6054, 6048, 6061, 6046, 6044 with caboose with a destination of Ft. Wayne so heads up on along the Richmond-Indy mainline tomorrow morning. I'll detail what's coming out of Columbus in a separate post.

As for Ft. Wayne, word has it another SPL, this time SPL-502 is going to be called tomorrow morning to also head up the GR&I Branch, but this time to Kalamazoo, MI and the GR&P. Power for the train is GP40-2W 3034 and GP40-2 3012 along with retired RS3's 5500-5505 and SW7's 8837, 8865, 8883, 9077, 9080 and SW9's 8968, 9114, 9117 and caboose as a lite engine move to deliver these old units to their new owner.

[MQT3001]

Please renumber the units starting at 3005 and going up, or let me know the numbers so I can give them a symbol when they enter the MQT roster.

[conrailman75]

Unit number breakdown and who they were sold to:
SD40's
6040-6064 DT&I
6080-6089 Michiganrailfan
6090-6105 MQT

RS3's
5498-5499 Michiganrailfan
5500-5505 atrain

U23B's
2712-2716 Michiganrailfan
2717-2724 atrain

GP30's
2190-2195 Michiganrailfan
2196-2230 atrain

U33B's
2956-2967 atrain

SW7's
8837, 8865, 8883, 9077, 9080 atrain

SW9's
8968, 9114, 9117 atrain

[MQT3001]

cool, that means no symbols will be involved, because there are no conflictions with the numbers. We will handle renumbering then. Our shop workers can't wait to get started...We will delay our GP35 upgrade program and foucus on the SD40s because those are more important as raod units (The GP35s will be used soley as yard switchers)

[conrailman75]

Heads up for railfans around Columbus, COFW-9 is called tomorrow afternoon at 3pm with AC4400CW's 6225 and 6267 and all 11 U33B's, 2956-2967. A lite engine move, running as COFW-9X, is called out of Columbus with 15 SD40's, 6065-6079, in tow. Also an ENS-401 is called with C30-7 5012 and C430E 2055, and the remaining ten SD40's, 6080-6089 and 6 GP30's, 2210-2215. And a second lite engine move, ENS-402, is called with SD70MAC's 6550 and 6529 for power and the remaining 15 GP30's, 2216-2230 in tow, both trains destined for Ft. Wayne. After all this lite power reaches Ft. Wayne, the units will be given their final routing to their destinations.