SD45's

[nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org]

Bill:

What do you mean by stating that SP  " . . . ran ex-N&W SD45s  . . . "?

1.  Operated them to run off HP hours owed by the SD45s' owners?

2. Bought or leased ex-N&W SD45s?

I'm far from a real expert in SP diesels, but SP has been my hometown 
(SF Bay Area) RR from 1957 until UP choked on it .  I'd be very 
surprised if SP bought any second hand and a little surprised if SP 
ever leased any.  As the owner of the biggest fleet of '45s, many SP 
machines went elsewhere, but . . .

Despite its troubles in its final days, SP rarely (if ever) bought 
second-hand power, although it may have leased some (from Helm?) during 
power crises.

Willing to be surprised, however.

Pete Groom


On May 4, 2005, at 6:16 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> The short answer is that a number of SD45s were sold to other 
> railroads. The best source of data is Bob Bower's monumental work: 
> "All Time Roster: N&W Diesels", sold thru The Commissary. In the 
> meantime, here is a list of railroads that ran ex-N&W SD45s at one 
> time or another: Wiscinsin Central, Montana Rail Link, Paducah & 
> Louisville, National de Mexico, Springfield Terminal, Wheeling & Lake 
> Erie, and Southern Pacific.  I may have missed one. In addition, 
> several were in various lease fleets for awhile. Some of those 
> assignments were via leases from equipment dealers.
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> Bill McClure
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