From the Watco list, this note from Mark St. Aubin of Kirbyville, TX, a Timber Rock RR employee: Watco lines acquiring 22 ex-CN GP40-2LWs ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark St. Aubin The Timber Rock RR is expecting to get 3 GP40-2LW's from the parent company Watco for the Conroe Subdivision startup on July 3. Aparantly Watco has bought 22 ex-CN GP40-2LW's from CN, and is dispersing them mostly to the South Kansas & Oklahoma and the Eastern Idaho Railroad. So far things are a "go" for the takeover of Silsbee-Beaumont, Silsbee Yard, Silsbee-Dobbin, Dobbin-Sommerville (trackage rights over BNSF) on July 3. REP MARK MODEL B/N B/D O/N HISTORY DISPOSITION WAMX 4001 GP40-2LW A2978 Mar-74 C-365 CN 9400 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4002 GP40-2LW A2983 Mar-74 C-365 CN 9405 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4003 GP40-2LW A2985 Mar-74 C-365 CN 9407 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4004 GP40-2LW A2995 Apr-74 C-365 CN 9417 BAYTOWN WAMX 4005 GP40-2LW A2997 Apr-74 C-365 CN 9419 BAYTOWN WAMX 4006 GP40-2LW A3006 May-74 C-365 CN 9428 BAYTOWN WAMX 4007 GP40-2LW A3008 May-74 C-365 CN 9430 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4008 GP40-2LW A3025 Jun-74 C-365 WAMX 9447 CN 9447 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4009 GP40-2LW A3026 Jun-74 C-365 CN 9448 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4010 GP40-2LW A3034 Jun-74 C-365 CN 9456 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4011 GP40-2LW A3057 Jul-74 C-365 CN 9479 BAYTOWN TIBR WAMX 4012 GP40-2LW A3059 Aug-74 C-365 CN 9481 EIRR MINIDOKA WAMX 4013 GP40-2LW A3062 Aug-74 C-365 CN 9484 BAYTOWN TIBR WAMX 4014 GP40-2LW A3087 Oct-74 C-372 CN 9509 BAYTOWN WAMX 4015 GP40-2LW A3106 Nov-74 C-372 CN 9528 BAYTOWN WAMX 4016 GP40-2LW A3169 Feb-75 C-376 CN 9534 EIRR MINIDOKA WAMX 4017 GP40-2LW A3199 Mar-75 C-376 CN 9564 EIRR MINIDOKA WAMX 4018 GP40-2LW A3222 Apr-75 C-376 CN 9587 EIRR MINIDOKA WAMX 4019 GP40-2LW A3235 Aug-75 C-376 CN 9600 EIRR MINIDOKA WAMX 4020 GP40-2LW A3240 Aug-75 C-376 CN 9605 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4021 GP40-2LW A3266 Sep-75 C-376 CN 9631 K&O WICHITA WAMX 4022 GP40-2LW A3438 Mar-76 C-396 CN 9643 EIRR MINIDOKA ===== Mark St.Aubin Kirbyville/Beaumont, TX
Does Watco still own an ex-BN (nee-GN RY) line in north-central Washington? I wonder if any will head that direction? Boxcab E50
