You know every once in awhile I here that CSX (which is not my road but still of intrest) Decomissioned the U-Boats, I'm not to sure why they would release this info to the generial public. I still see them all over the place U18 In Miami about 1 1/2 years ago used as a road switcher near the Airport. U33/36c's? (Not sure which one not enough time to decifer) Near Boynton Area (WPB FL) C30-7's used as helpers haven't seen in lead position (yet) All over the place WPB, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando. But 90% of the time it's C44's SD80's and a but load of CFEX (or somthing like that) Leased. I'll start taking my camera with me so I can take a picture next time I see one. Joshua.
I am absolutly sure, the U-Boat's are my favorate style in model Railroading (the Kato U30C & the C30-7's). But down here in FL FEC don't own any so CSX is the only one here that does.
Joshua, Interesting observations... The U18's left the CSX roster many years ago... I think a few may have made it to short lines.. U33/36's left the roster a long time ago... There are some C30-7's around still.. Yes, you need to carry a camera and share pictures Harold
Almost everything you claim to have seen has been off the roster for years. Any U-Boats have been toast for years and the C30-7s and C36-7s have been off the roster about a year now. Want proof? http://www.bullsheet.com/RosterMenu.html
Toast. CSX is rebuilding SD50s for work train service. (It's definitely not in helper service in Florida -- that's for sure!)
Tim! That unit has probably been sitting there since March. Porgress Rail scraps locomotives. A locomotive graveyard, so-to-speak. That looks like one of the early retirees of this year. Matt
They also rebuild locomotives there as well. There is a short line here in north GA that received 3 units from them that they rebuilt.
oshua, Interesting observations... The U18's left the CSX roster many years ago... I think a few may have made it to short lines.. U33/36's left the roster a long time ago... There are some C30-7's around still.. Yes, you need to carry a camera and share pictures Harold There are not any C30-7s still on the operating roster that I know of. One of the last 2 that was on the roster, I shot either very early this yr or late last yr. Since then, it has been canned.
I know there have been eithe C30's or C36's since this original message was posted... Here is a shot I took in Rocky Mount on 1/13/2006 of a C36-7 and an unrebuilt SD40! http://hhodnett.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=348228 Harold
Notice that you posted a B36-7. There are still a significant number of B30-7s and B36-7s left on CSX - I think.
You mean like these? B36-7s 5850 and 5849 (numerical order, yet) on point of WB local in Cordele, GA. The only U-boats I've seen so far this century are the Georgia Central U23Bs in Macon, Vidalia, and Lyons. I'm not that up-to-date on NS and CSX rosters, but I know for sure UP and BNSF have purged their rosters of C30-7s. If they're around, they're rent-a-wreck leasers, or parts for same.
That's exactly the picture I was thinking of! There are U-boats in a lot more places, but none on Class 1s. This is where some of the CSX U18Bs have gone: http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=94303 http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=138857 They're the standard power on the Pickens Railroad. http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=25609 Providence & Worcester U18B. U23Bs: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=161732 Central Michigan http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=151869 Penn Rail Lines http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=140045 New York, Susquehanna & Western http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=136173 Quebec Central
