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Calvin


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From the pictures its not 100% new break.
Dam, you'd need a couple crews ta piss on that thing!!biggrin

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Front end of the engine got ripped off when they hit a truck.

Unit is now painted in HORSEY colors. Just had a close-up, personal experience with it. Miserable, rough riding, ex-Con POS. And desktop controls, to boot.

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The "removed" front end should be an RCO training tool...meaning stay the fuck out of the cab.

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Couple years back...maybe like three years, or so... One of ours lost the ass-end windsheet, coupler, pocket, and the entire draftgear. I think it was the 2703... Made a lovely repair job.

Contractors rebuilt everything from the rear frame ends out! Musta cost the railroad a bundle!

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About 10 years ago, the DWP made a high speed (10+ mph) joint with one of our SD45's. Shoved the draft gear into #1 TM, took out the plow, breastplate, steps and M.U. lines. I ended up dragging that bitch to Stevens Point with another SD45 that wouldn't load after it made transition. 19 mph max. And those boneheads called us unsafe...

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1 060.jpgYa Uke you probally remember some of these shots...

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Yeah. That's it... Ass end of 2703. I can't remember exactly when that one happened. Maybe it was five [?] years ago...

But, yeah the contractors didn't exactly rush that one. Took 'em about a month ta complete!

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Cy Valley wrote:

Front end of the engine got ripped off when they hit a truck.

Looks like a miracle...I mean, the handrails aren't even bent, The Ditchlights arent broken out, Hell, I can't see any scuffed paint?
What did the truck look like?



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Don't know, it sat on our pit for a couple of weeks six months or so ago before they moved it out, looking very much like the pics above. Then it was gone until the other day, when I had it in the lead and it had the lovely smell of new paint.

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Suprised they didnt just cut the 2703 up. Its not like yard goats are hard to come by. MARRCO has about 10 1300-1400's sitting at Hinkle rusting away.

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