Sixteen locomotives bound for Ohio locomotive leasing and resale company LTEX Rail (Larry’s Truck Electric) swelled the power on CSX train M576-20 to 19 locomotives on Saturday, Oct. 21, as it traveled from Nashville, Tenn., to Cincinnati. Photographer Jeff Wagoner reports the consist included CSX ES44AH No. 3161 and ET44AH No. 3261, followed by units including seven switch engines, two former CSX GP39s, four former Southern Pacific/Union Pacific SD40M-2s, a Union Pacific SD40T-2, a former CSX GP40, and a CSX MP15T. The train had another CSX unit as distributed power deeper in the train. The LTEX locomotives had previously been in Paducah, Ky., at NRE Locomotive.
The video of LTEX locos on the move (www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lgjRh-8yY) through LaGrange, KY is available here. Or you can search for “DERAIL AT FT. WORTH, TX! AMAZING OLD ENGINES MOVE! BEST GRAB BAG on Virtual Railfan…
The specific part of the video appears at about the 8:55 mark…
This article and photo reminds me of the 2 mile long string of diesel locomotives that UPRR temporarily stored on a branchline between Benson and east Tucson, AZ. That branch parallels both the UPRR, (former SPRR), mainline and Interstate Hwy 10, and was the former El Paso, Southwestern RR mainline that ran from El Paso, TX to the old preserved EP&SW RR depot at Congress St. in Tucson. Today that branch dead ends at I10 RoW east of Tucson. It was also my understanding that UPRR stored many more locomotives on the old unused Phoenix to Wellton, AZ mainline.
Reminds me of UPRR’s Butler Yard in Milwaukee/ Wauwatosa. Its chief function seems to be storage of laid-up locomotives, since Union Pacific doesn’t run trains any more.
“…since Union Pacific doesn’t run trains any more.” Charles, what is that supposed to mean? BNSF has over 500 engines stored at the Donkey Creek yard between Orin and Rozet, WY. Does that mean they don’t run trains anymore?
This would make for an interesting operational move on a model railroad or club layout and make for a great conversation piece also.
Years ago it was not uncommon or unusual to see a whole train of dead steam locomotives being pulled on their last runs to the scrapyard. Even in New York City there have been train moves of retired subway cars being moved to a holding track or the yard for eventual scrapping.
Joseph C. Markfelder
In 1959 I was a fourth grade student in Casey, Illinois on the Pennsy’s main line to St. Louis. My elementary school was next to the PRR. One day I was standing at the blackboard making some sort of presentation when I saw out the second story windows a westbound train of steam locomotives pulled by some GP9s. They must have been headed to the scrap yards in East St. Louis. I have no memories of seeing steam locomotives in operation through Casey. I also do not remember how I reacted to seeing retired Pennsy steam in front of my classmates.
One of the railroad landscapes that should be immortalized by photographing.
Dr. Güntürk Üstün
How many DIC?
If DIC is Dead in Consist, I would wager that all of the LTEX units were not operational.
13 dead units total. They all looked liked they had been “dead” for sometime. They were shown going through LeGrange, KY on Virtual Railfan last week so you could check them out up close on that website. If they are going to Larry’s they are likely intended to be stripped down to frames for rebuilds, rebuilt into operating units or slugs or stripped of parts for 2nd Gen units still in service. And it is possible some will be scrapped, although they have usable running gear otherwise they would have had to have been shipped on flat cars…
the link for the video of the 13 DIC engines headed to Larry’s is posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lgjRh-8yY