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MQT will take the flats. Deliver then to interchange in Greenville, MI
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MQT3001 wrote:MQT will take the flats. Deliver then to interchange in Greenville, MI
ok samm rr c420m #21 and gp30 #707 will deliver them thursday at 10am at the interchange in greenville
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the samm rr is looking for some gp60m's and b units and the same for gp30's and b units
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astrovanman1989 wrote:the samm rr is looking for some gp60m's and b units and the same for gp30's and b units
How many of each type of GP60s do you want?
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MQT3001 wrote:
astrovanman1989 wrote:the samm rr is looking for some gp60m's and b units and the same for gp30's and b units
How many of each type of GP60s do you want?
2 60m's and 2 60 b units
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astrovanman1989 wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:
astrovanman1989 wrote:the samm rr is looking for some gp60m's and b units and the same for gp30's and b units
How many of each type of GP60s do you want?
2 60m's and 2 60 b units
Not 4 ms and 2 b units?
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maybee for a good deal
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You've got 4 GP60Ms and 2 GP60Bs for $55,000 each or $250,000 for all 6 (a 25% discount off the per unit price)

All 6 are in ATSF warbonnet paint, and all have gotten new trucks in the last year. They should last another 100 years if they are maintained :)
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ok ill take them if you will put our reporting marks on them (samm) and drop them at our interchange at greenville
i will have a 60 car mixed freight for you to deliver to chicago
15 cars for up
20 for cn
15 for bnsf
10 for cp
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astrovanman1989 wrote:ok ill take them if you will put our reporting marks on them (samm) and drop them at our interchange at greenville
i will have a 60 car mixed freight for you to deliver to chicago
15 cars for up
20 for cn
15 for bnsf
10 for cp
Will do. The numbers are as follows
GP60M- 511
GP60M- 512
GP60M- 513
GP60M- 514
GP60B- 622
GP60B- 623
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SAMM RR has painted one of its new locomotives purchased from mqtx
samm #102 ex mqtx #511
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samm rr dispatched a train to the interchange at paines with the tscr
samm fp7 503 and 504 have 25 loads for csx at flint


samm gp 35e 502 and b237 4263 have a train for the mqt rr that they will set out at greenville
50 emty ballast cars for mqt for spec stone in alpena then return to samm rr
7 empty gons for mqt rr to be sent to the scrap yard in gaylord

also samm rr has a gp11 it would like to upgrade to -2 or -3 and add remote control

samm rr snow train has started with weekend trips from paines to edmore using rdc1 #41 and rdc2 #80
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astrovanman1989 wrote: also samm rr has a gp11 it would like to upgrade to -2 or -3 and add remote control
Send her to Greenville and we can arrange that :)
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MQT3001 wrote:
astrovanman1989 wrote: also samm rr has a gp11 it would like to upgrade to -2 or -3 and add remote control
Send her to Greenville and we can arrange that :)
could you instal -3 electrical system and a catron remote control
what would the price be
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astrovanman1989 wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:
astrovanman1989 wrote: also samm rr has a gp11 it would like to upgrade to -2 or -3 and add remote control
Send her to Greenville and we can arrange that :)
could you instal -3 electrical system and a catron remote control
what would the price be
Name your price!

Equipment should take 1 week to install after arrival.
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TSCR H000 will be there in the morning to pick up the cars and take them into Saginaw Yard.
I'm just here to put in time claims and complain

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samm rr has storage space for freight cars 3tracks that can hold 40 50ft cars each the rate is $100 a month per car
we also looking for rates on a 75-120 car empty unit grain train
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sammr dispatched a train to hemlock semi comductor with gp15-1 #1516 & gp30#707 with 35 cars anreturn with 20 cars for cn rr when they return to the yard they will drop there cars on track 3with the rest of the cars for cn rr

samm rr b307 #3502 f7b #420 and gp60m #104 will handell a train to alma to interchange with the aa rr

57 cars for cn rr at durand
37cars for csx toledo
for a total of 82 cars
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samm rr has won a contract with the gratiot county road commission to supply the with road building materials sand gravel ect also to supply salt for the winter
samm rr has got a dirt cheap deal on some used dmir ore jennies
36 of them where rebuilt with new hopper doors and removable roofs and the other 24 are as is

we are looking for storage rates for 48 of them we need 12 of the covered ones for salt service cn will be routing them through chicago and will drop them at durand or flint


i have the catron remote control system how about $10,000 for -3 eletrical and instal the remote control i will have a crew drop the gp11 and a 40ft boxcar at our interchange at greenvile

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Okedokee. We'll probably have the GP11 back in 2 weeks.
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