McLouth Steel Switcher

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McLouth Steel Switcher

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To any interested,
there is a switcher on the north end of the old McLouth Steel mill property.
Sibley @ West Jefferson.

DSC ltd #6 " BIG MIKE"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_LXdLChe4U

any information about the locomotive is welcomed.
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Re: McLouth Steel Switcher

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Nice. Waiting on the move now that it has been sold. Keep an eye out or in this case eye in the sky :-).

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Re: McLouth Steel Switcher

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Has the locomotive been sold?

It is now sitting on the just off the McLouth bridge near the "ConRail?" access switch.
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It's now owned by Great Lakes Locomotive (GLLX). It's an SW8.
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Thank You Gents for the information.
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That's one of the strangest train videos I've ever seen.
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It is an odd video... 8)

Should have noted on the original post not my video :oops: only posted as reference :lol: :wink:
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Big Mike will move today from its current location to Trenton yard with the help of Conrail's Trenton 3 job. Destination after that unknown.

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NEWS FLASH !! "Big Mike" still sitting on the Highline lead. The brakes were not working and cannot be moved.

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J T wrote:That's one of the strangest train videos I've ever seen.
At least it wasn't a vertical video...
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