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50 of the 100 SD70ACe-T4s are presently in storage due to mechanical issues. Here is a list of units currently stored, grouped by location. Stored in Atlanta: 5600, 5601, 5602, 5607, 5611, 5619, 5627, 5629, 5633, 5634, 5636, 5644, 5645, 5646, 5647, 5649, 5651, 5655, 5657, 5659, 5662, 5666, 5673, 567...

Here is a power report from Chicago this morning. These are obviously not all of the KCC&E trains that come to and from the area, but all of the ones that ran in the past three hours. All locomotives are KCCE-owned unless otherwise noted. U-CI3LD is a run-through CP ethanol train running from Chicag...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - April 11, 2019 After almost three months of absence, I'm back with an update to my paper railroad. ET44AC ARRIVAL: The 30 ET44ACs that the KCC&E placed an order for arrived between late-February and early-April. These units are numbered 1120-1149 and are i...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - January 23, 2019 HELPER ASSIGNMENTS: The KCC&E has assigned a group of ES44ACs to helper service along the steep grades in West Virginia. These ES44ACs are 518, 547, 600, 638, 654, 681, 690, 701, 702, 722, 729, and 748. As well, four SD70ACes have been ass...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - January 15, 2019 NEW ET44AC LOCOMOTIVES: The expected timeframe for when the new KCC&E ET44ACs will be delivered has been confirmed. Delivery of these locomotives is slated for early to mid-February. WINTER STORMS: The recent winter storm this past weekend...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - December 21, 2018 PRECISION RAILROADING RUMORS PROVEN FALSE: There were some rumors floating around that the KCC&E would begin using the precision scheduled railroading model in the future. Turns out these rumors were started by crew members. The executive...

KCC&E SD90MAC Trace - October 26, 2018: KCCE 5700 ARRIVE LOAD CHICAGO IL 20:19 KCCE 5701 DEPART LOAD ALBANY NY 21:00 KCCE 5702 ARRIVE LOAD TORONTO ON 17:46 KCCE 5703 INTERC UP PROVISO IL 12:30 (October 24, on UP) KCCE 5704 DEPART LOAD HATTIESBURG MS 18:37 KCCE 5705 ARRIVE LOAD DETROIT MI 21:12 KCCE ...

Long time no post. I'm finally back with a huge update! Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - October 25, 2018 C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: The C40-8u Upgrade Program has been extremely successful. However, the program has been put on hold for unknown reasons. Upgrades Completed - 6500-06, 6509-11, 651...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - July 17, 2018 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: Here is the current status of the C40-8 fleet: Upgrades Completed - 6500, 6502-04, 6509-11, 6517, 6519, 6521, 6523-25, 6529, 6531, 6536, 6537, 6539-41, 6547, 6549, 6555, 6558, 6560-63, 6566,...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - Monday, June 4, 2018 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: Here is the current status of the C40-8 fleet: Upgrades Completed - 6500, 6503, 6504, 6509-11, 6517, 6519, 6523-25, 6529, 6531, 6536, 6537, 6539-41, 6549, 6555, 6558, 6560-63, 6568, 6...

Time to catch up! It’s been a while hasn’t it? Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - Tuesday, May 1, 2018 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: Here is the current status of the C40-8 fleet: Upgrades Completed - 6500, 6503, 6504, 6509, 6510, 6511, 6517, 6519, 6523, 6524, 6529, 65...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - Saturday, March 10, 2018 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: Here is the current status of the C40-8 fleet: Upgrades Completed - 6500, 6503, 6504, 6509, 6511, 6517, 6519, 6523, 6529, 6531, 6536, 6537, 6540, 6541, 6549, 6555, 6558, 6560, 656...

An eastbound manifest train came past Durand, Michigan, at 8:42 AM EST with the following engines:

CN ES44AC 2885
BNSF SD70ACe 9167
PRLX SD70ACe 4847
PRLX SD70ACe 4846
PRLX SD70ACe 4844
PRLX SD70ACe 4840

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - Saturday, January 27, 2018 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8 FLEET UPDATE: Here is the current status of the C40-8 fleet: C40-8u Upgrades Completed (Newest Upgrades Noted with an Asterisk) - 6500, 6503, 6504, 6517, 6519, 6523*, 6529, 6531, 6537, 6540, ...

Very quick update for January 21th, 2018.

Ownership of the LTEX C40-8s has been transferred to General Electric. The units will be re-lettered for GECX by the end of January.

Just a quick update for January 15th, 2018. KCC&E has renumbered all of the locomotives they acquired from the NS auction in 2017. The RP20CD was renumbered to its assigned number of 1600 and the GP38-2s were renumbered to their assigned numbers of 1601-1615. As well, the first two of the new SD70AC...

The Indiana Transit Authority (ITAX) is a fictional passenger railroad that operates entirely within the state of Indiana. It began operations on August 11th, 2016. It currently rosters 8 of each F40PH and F59PH locomotives. These have been rebuilt by National Railway Equipment to Dash 3 standards, ...

Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Updates - Saturday, December 23, 2017 FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY C40-8u UPDATE: Here is a list of the C40-8u upgrades that have been completed so far. Those with asterisks next to them were completed since I last posted on this thread: 6500, 6503*, 6504, 6517, ...

The Canadian National is currently power short and is going to be leasing power to help out with the high traffic levels. - CREX ES44ACs 1501-1525 (returned by CSX a couple of months ago) - GECX Dash 8s in the 9100 Series - PRLX SD75Ms in the 200 Series (201 and 204 are known to be on CN) The total ...

Made a little typo in my last post. It should have said November 22 at the top. It is fixed now. Here is a very good lashup on the KCC&E this afternoon: Spotted in Elkhart, Indiana, at 1:04 PM EDT on December 5, 2017 KCCE Q-CIPH (Chicago - Philadelphia) KCCE 2139 (SD40-2) GECX 9534 (C41-8W) NS 6781 ...