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Posted: **Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:14 pm**

NathanFromEngland wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:46 pm

freebrickproductions wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:34 pm
IIRC, the SD70MAC rebuild is a program that I believe CSX is experimenting with for their SD70MAC fleet.

Unfortunately, from what I understand, like the unrebuilt SD70MACs, the rebuilt ones lack the ability to lead a train with DPUs...
Why is that?

In order to be able to operate unmanned DPUs on a train, the lead locomotive has to be equipped to be able to do so. The SD70MACs (both the unrebuilt and rebuilt ones) lack that equipment, along with the AC44CWs, IIRC.

Posted: **Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:38 am**

Rebranding (and pinning) this thread due to NS getting onboard this train, retiring their F Unit set and selling/retiring a whole bunch of locomotives recently.

Posted: **Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:41 am**

Well, the remaining Dash-8s are now off the roster, and all SD70Ms, SD70M-2s, SD75Ms, and Dash-8.5s are up for sale.

Posted: **Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:29 pm**

Well, according to NSDash9.com, NS has put up a bunch of smaller locomotives for sale, ones that appear to usually be used for local/yard power:

NSDash9.com wrote:Even More NS Locomotive Sales....NS has placed an additional 80 locomotives for sale. These include: NS RP-E4C Slug 730; RPU6 Slugs 856, 874, 876; RP-E4D Slugs 917, 924, 926, 929, 939; RP-E4U Slugs 953, 956, 958, 959, 961, 962; EMD SD40-2's 1642, 1647, 3204, 3206, 3211, 3232, 3330, 3390, 3400, 3409, 3470, 3477, 3478, 3503, 3509, 3540, 3545, 3548, 3569, 3581, 6104, 6107, 6109, 6111, 6115, 6121, 6127, 6135, 6159, 6160, 6172; Rail Power/NS RP14BD Genset 2121; EMD GP40-2's 3014, 3027, 3028, 3036, 3052, 3065, 3068, 3090; EMD GP38-2's 5001, 5012, 5037, 5070, 5074, 5105, 5132, 5140, 5151, 5206, 5227, 5228, 5250, 5252, 5277, 5282, 5290, 5328, 5329, 5340, 5360, 5603, 5672; and EMD/NS GP38-3's 5835, and 5837. Photo credits to NSLocos.com, Carl Long, Adam Finger Alan Williams Jr., Jonathan McCoy, and Fred Stuckmann.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:06 pm**

Three more rounds of retirements have been announced, also the last thee SD70s on NS's roster are up for sale. Extra glad I got the SD80MACs I did when I did now.

NSDash9.com wrote:SD80MAC's Retired....NS has retired and sold its former Conrail EMD SD80MAC fleet of 29 units (NS 7200-7228). Six of the units, 7206, 7215, 7218, 7225, 7226, and 7227 were sold to Canadian Pacific Railway. The other 23 units were sold to Progress Rail. Photo credits to Tony Kimmel, RJ Vitchner Jr., and Marc Lingenfelter.

NSDash9.com wrote:SD70 Retirements....NS EMD SD70's 2556 (original NS) and 2557-2580 (former Conrail) have been retired and sold to Progress Rail. NS has also placed for sale its three remaining SD70's, NS 2519, 2523, and 2552. Photo credits to Junior Tillman and Marc Lingenfelter.

NSDash9.com wrote:SD40-2 Retirements....NS EMD SD40-2's 3221, 3237, 3238, 3275, 3297, 3340, 3487, 3501, 3510, 3577, 6123, 6133, and 6176 have been retired and sold to LTEX Rail. Photo credits to NSLocos.com, Mike Luebbe, Adam Finger, Trey Holland, and Dale Vaughn.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:16 pm**

NS retires their SD80MACs. Well... it's an end of an era for SD80MACs on NS. According to the post by NSDash9, six are sold to CP. But, i'm thinking, is CP gonna rebuild the SD80MACs they acquired from NS?

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:37 pm**

TheAlatreus wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:16 pm
NS retires their SD80MACs. Well... it's an end of an era for SD80MACs on NS. According to the post by NSDash9, six are sold to CP. But, i'm thinking, is CP gonna rebuild the SD80MACs they acquired from NS?

According to the comments on that post, they're parts units.

Posted: **Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:12 am**

Well, got some more retirements to pass along:

nsdash-9.com wrote: More SD40-2 Retirements....NS EMD SD40-2's 3210, 3213, 3259, 3269, 3273, 3288, 3292, 3319, 3333, 3348, 3368, 3384, 3386, 3401, 3405, 3420, 3451, 3471, 3498, 3499, 3502, 3504, 3507, 3513, 3522, 3529, 3536, 3538, 3562, 3575, 6080, 6099, and 6138 have been retired and sold to LTEX Rail. Photo credits to Colt Locklear, Dale Vaughn, and NSLocos.com.

nsdash-9.com wrote: GP38-2 Retirement....NS EMD GP38-2 5202 has been retired and sold to LTEX Rail. Photo credit to NSLocos.com.

nsdash-9.com wrote: More Retirements....NS EMD/NS MP15E's 2368, 2374, 2381; EMD GP40-2 3030; EMD/NS SD40-2 3208; and GP38-2 5276 have been retired. The 3030 was sold to The Prairie Line (TPLX), the 3208 was sold to LTEX Rail, while all of the other units were sold to Progress Rail. Photo credits to Brian Rasmussen, Steve Pappas, Adam Finger, NSLocos.com, Kyle Edwards, and Adam Finger.

Posted: **Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:07 am**

And even more SD40-2s are gone:

NSDash-9.com wrote:More SD40-2 Retirements....NS EMD SD40-2's 3325, 3369, 3490, 3525, 3542, 3560, 3579, 3583, 6098, 6112, and 6120 have been retired and sold to LTEX Rail. Photo credits to Adam Finger and Harold Hodnett.

Posted: **Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:42 pm**

Most recent NS retirements have been just a trio of GP38-2s, all sold to the RBMN:

NSDash9.com wrote:NS GP38-2 Retirements....NS has retired EMD/NS GP38-2's 5070, 5603, and 5672. All three were sold to the Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN). Photo credits to Ken Harbin, Scott Coffey, and NSLocos.com.

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