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...just peekin' out over the yard and what to my blurry eyes appear? Three HLCX units... Can't tell if they're running, or not. Maybe they're going elsewhere (not Interbay) for service.

Possibly Tacoma Rail, or another short-line in the GPNW. (BNSF spins off branches like no tamorra!)

Might be able ta grab a shot...

Damn batteries dead... Gotta find the chatger. And they're HATX units, not HLCX. Is there really a difference? Same old paint as...



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Okay. While the batteries charge... Searched HLCX, HATX, etc. Came up with...

http://www.trainweb.org/helm-is-cool/hlcx/index.html If yer interested of course. If not...just ignore.



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My interst goes back a ways... BN/BNSF sold many a SD 40-2 ta HELM, and we had a couple retirees show up ta inspect the units HELM was particularly interested in...

These 40s, many ex-BN greenies, have my signature on the BLUE card, lines 1-4 & 6 over the last four, or five years, when BNSF started shedding the 40s in favor of GE Dash-9s.

But the damn SD 40s live on! They're good locomotives... Honest 3000 ponies. Did what ya wanted 'em ta do. Reliable. User friendly, and easy ta fix!

Like an old Chevy...parts everywhere! Damn near anybody could get 'em going again! And the ol' standby 26-L brake system...the best!

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Okay grabbed a few quick shots... Two SD 40s, and a Geep... All three strung tagether, and ether leading (?) a grainer in, or riding along at the ass-end of an outbound empty.

Maybe they're leased ta...nah! Never mind!

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Uke wrote:

Two SD 40s, and a Geep... All three strung tagether,

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I think Yook better go get his eyes checked....



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Yeah Acviln I do need ta get the oogies tested... Lookin back at my (lousy) pics, the two north units (three digit numbers) are probably SD45-carbodies, but the one on the south end, the 2020 PRLX... I'll hafta drive down there past the damn things...

(I was shooting through glass, and the sun WAS shining on my side...in my face! so the pics are better'n nothin'! In my opinion!)

And I'm not exactly allowed on the property since pulling the pin, but... Fuck it! I'll just drop in ta the yard office!


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Drove down ta Balmer... South unit HATX is definitely a GP something. But what's weirdest...three radiator fans. Could barely make out the other unit's trucks... There's a baretable on an adjacent track...

Although they're shorter than SD trucks...and all three are PRLX, whatever that is!

The PRLX is over the number boards on the two north of the 2020.

So what are the damn things, and where the hell they going?



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Mystery solved! http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locolist.aspx?id=PRLX

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Thanks. Wait, never mind!

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