Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

A Special Event has appeared! What will happen this time?

Remember GP Special Event?? Well, now its Special Duty SPECIAL EVENT! That's Correct! Only EMD SD Locomotives can be posted this month! From SD45-SD60-SD70MAC, Go for it! No GP's, No Switchers, no ES's! Only EMD SD's! Post Away!

FEC 101. Dave Shelley on the throttle, with SD70M-2 100 and SD40-2 713.

Here's CSX SD70MAC #4751 Highballing Through 98th St in Marmet

Two BNSF SD40-2's switch some cars around the yard in Winslow, AZ. This was my first time seeing SD40-2s

2 CN units in Roseville, CA

Why do these 'special events' always happen at the times when I have new pictures!

Here's one from the archives:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisconsins ... 852089559/

Wisconsin and Southern Railroad EMD SD20 2055 leads sister 2054 on a unit grain extra entering the Madison, WI yard on July 12, 2007. All six of WSOR's SD20s have since been sold to industrial railroads or taken out of service.

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad's Paducah, KY shops built the SD20s from ex-Southern SD24s and ex-UP SD24Bs in 1979-1980. The turbochargers were removed and they were de-rated slightly to 2000HP, but they received electrical upgrades and other improvements to make them more reliable. WSOR operated six of the locomotives from 1996-2007. Indiana Harbor Belt (IHB) still operates several in road service.

https://www.wsorrailroad.com/gallery/sd20farewell.html

i saw one of WS's SD20's at the NRE shops in Silvis, IL back in July

That'd be 2051, the last one to leave the property and apparently not in service anywhere yet.

Poll Has Appeared! Time is of the essance!