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What do you do with an outdated locomotive? Remove its engine and electric motors and stuff it full of concrete for weight and remote control equipment. Coupling one of these units to any locomotive allows it to be controlled remotely in duties such as yard switching. Retired B30 and B36-7s were converted this way, and the resultant unit is termed an RCPHG4 by CSX. However, CSX recently found it more economical to mount this equipment on flatcars instead, and the RCPHG4s are sidelined, used only occasionally. RCPHG4s #9241 and 9243 are seen at the former B&O-Toledo Terminal Rossford Yard in Toledo, Ohio.
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For an instant, before reading the description, I though you took those engines running by themselves pulling nothing... That would be the case on our train right now... The passengers service is online during the weekends and during the week, when we train new conductors, we use only the two locomotives to train the conductors on the whole run!
HEY! SD50's are great stuff if properly used! My personal EMD favorite.
What you say is very true. And there was a legitimate reason for retiring the Dash Sevens...aluminum electrical wiring, or so I hear. Though, the GP39-2s are a very reliable switcher, and their B40s and GP40-2s are being downrated to match the 2,000 horsepower level.
There is also (hopefully) still a single straight SD40 on the roster, the 4617...
What you say is very true. And there was a legitimate reason for retiring the Dash Sevens...aluminum electrical wiring, or so I hear. Though, the GP39-2s are a very reliable switcher, and their B40s and GP40-2s are being downrated to match the 2,000 horsepower level.
There is also (hopefully) still a single straight SD40 on the roster, the 4617...
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