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A couple of good shots Chris. I know that somewhere, I have a shot of the 7502 in the as delivered CSX grey scheme. She's looking a little rough these days though.
>She's looking a little rough these days though. Yeah, there's a bit of grime there. I may have accentuated that somewhat though, since I upped the gamma correction a good bit...
It is hard to believe that the 7500 series was the beginning of the Dash 8 empire on CSX. I too caught many of the units in their "as delivered" stealth grey paint scheme. Harold
trailing unit is #250 Best that could be done here - position and the camera's recycling time between shots pretty much means I can get the lead unit or a trailer, not both Caught right before a squall line moved in and gave everything a (much needed) good washing...and just _after_ I missed an e/b with an ex-BN FURX in the lead by like 30 seconds...arghh...... Chris ----------------------------------------------------- Steamtown Close-Up: http://www.dataviewbooks.com/rr.html
seen on 7/8/2005 heading east: Chris ----------------------------------------- 0-4-0t walk-around http://www.dataviewbooks.com/bobber/porter.html
Thanks Harold - light was just right, and the shot needed no post processing. I was interested in the trailing unit too - tried to grab a shot, but all I ended up with a blue blur! By the time I lowered the camera, the locos were well past...all I can say is "blue lease unit" Chris
Regular smorgasboard today! Missed a couple of trains, but I ain't complaining, as it was a good day trackside... and finally the ruined shot of the day Was prepared for an e/b - w/b surprised me and didn't mentally set up the shot right (or as right as I ever do Chris ----------------------------------------- 0-4-0T walk-around http://www.dataviewbooks.com/bobber/porter.html Steamtown Close-Up http://www.dataviewbooks.com/rr.html
What is it? SD50 or 60? It was past dark, and all I could muster for a shot. We don't see these around much in Cheyenne...
Are they rare? On Uncle Pete, they are a dying breed, if not extinct. A little something I caught in Cheyenne, on UP again:
They maybe rare from UP, but I think CSX has around 200 that's just an off the top of my head number series runs from 8500-thru most of 86xx. I was told CSX units went back to EMD shortly after being delivered and were completely rewired. I don't know why, but it has had an impact on life of the fleet. Also the EMD F block 645 engine had a few problems with it that made it susceptible to failures. The Appalachian & Ohio has been struggling with some their SD50's with blown turbochargers, crankcase failures, faulty wiring and who knows what else...likely because they are original SD50's, not re-wired and re-worked like CSX's.
CSX has amassed quite a fleet of SD50's... The first units were bought for the Seaboard System # 8500-8552; Chessie System units built to same specs # 8553-8595; then more Seaboard System units # 8596-8623, then Chessie System # 8624-8643. Yes, they had early problems and EMD came back and rebuilt or fixed them. They also inherited Conrail units that were numbered 8644-8676 and 8499 Harold
Guys, thanks for the SD50 info! I had no idea they had such a fleet--I figured they went the way of the dodo.... O.K. that is an interesting sight... what is ahead of and behind the CSX unit? Harold </font>[/QUOTE]You're in luck: A very, very short stack train completely made up of APL containers. Head end, complete with filthy SD70M: The business car behind CSX 103:
Hemi, Thanks for the picture datails.... I thought it looked like a passenger car, but what a strage mix having that and a stack train! Harold
