A new mother-slug combination arrives at South Carolina’s Lancaster & Chester Railroad recently.
David B. Clarke
New power recently arrived on the Lancaster & Chester in Chester, S.C., with fresh blue paint. The mother-slug combination is the first six-axle power the railroad has ever received, with the mother being the SD40T-2 (ex-Union Pacific No. 8802, ex-Southern Pacific No. 8257) and the slug being the C40-8 (ex-UP No. 9146). The paint job and other work was done at the Knoxville Locomotive Works in Knoxville, Tenn. Observers say a second set may follow in the near future.
Great paint scheme! The “LC” on the side of the cab is unneeded.
I agree – nice paint scheme!
Lancaster & Chester Railroad can handle 6 axle power?
Looks like the SD 40-2 lost its dynamic brake grids in the process.
The Slug is the C40-8. It retains all it’s insides in case they are needed. And Trains you guys are really behind. These were dropped off two months ago. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/579036/
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/579111/
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/579163/
The radiator is normal on the SD and is the power unit. Older GE’s aren’t often rebuilt as the EMD is a much better loco used – longer life expectency.
They seldom cut down the loco hoods on slugs used on the road. The cut downs are typically for yard use.
Nice paint scheme.
So the background unit, the tunnel motor, is the one still with the prime mover, and the foreground unit, the Dash-8, doesn’t have one. I’m surprised engine hood on the Dash-8 wasn’t cut down liked you’d see on a typical slug. Also, are they semi-permanently coupled together? Does the Dash-8 retain its control stand so you don’t have to wye the pair to make sure the SD40T-2 always faces front? So many questions. On the other hand, it’s good to see a tunnel motor operating in regular service.
It looks like the tunnel motor is the the slug & the 40 as the mother. Or am I wrong, the radiator looks blanked out on the tunnel motor ? I would would expect the 40 have newer & more modern components even though it is GE. I could just be missing something ?