Switchers and slugs

BuddyBurton Nov 7, 2007

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  1. BNSF FAN

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    Here's a CSX switcher in fresh paint passing through Manchester GA - 2006
     
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  11. BoxcabE50

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    :eek: Well, it's an interesting observation...

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  12. BoxcabE50

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    Sure would like to know a little about this operation.

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    Are any of these BCR units still in service?

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  15. Grey One

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    What are slugs used for?
     
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    Aside from the unusually large number that were wrecked, they were retired in 1998. Some were sold, but I haven't encountered any evidence of them being used. One supplied its prime mover to rebuild Doyle McCormack's PA.
     
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    Hump switcher making a rare public appearance, south end of Brosnan Yard, Macon, GA
     
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    Portland & Western road slug 101, using an ex-ATSF GP39-2 as its mother, Albany, OR
     
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