First B&LE unit repainted

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:21 pm

First B&LE unit has been rebuilt and repainted by CN. SD40-3 #902 is the first unit to get this treatment. The B&LE paint scheme is under siege!!!

railohio · Unread post by **railohio** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:23 pm

The units were pulled from the former B&LE property more than a month ago and replaced with Illinois Central SD70s anyway and are not expected to make a return.

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:38 pm

railohio wrote:The units were pulled from the former B&LE property more than a month ago and replaced with Illinois Central SD70s anyway and are not expected to make a return.

Yes, but they are not scrapping them like some feared and giving them much needed work plus repainting into CN colors with B&LE sub lettering. I hear the B&LE loved to run their power into the ground.

h2466 · Unread post by **h2466** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:33 pm

MQT1223 wrote:First B&LE unit has been rebuilt and repainted by CN. SD40-3 #902 is the first unit to get this treatment. The B&LE paint scheme is under siege!!!

I'm kicking myself in the A$$ for not making the two hour drive over there before this road was ruined. Ugh!! Ken

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:03 pm

h2466 wrote:
MQT1223 wrote:First B&LE unit has been rebuilt and repainted by CN. SD40-3 #902 is the first unit to get this treatment. The B&LE paint scheme is under siege!!!
I'm kicking myself in the A$$ for not making the two hour drive over there before this road was ruined. Ugh!! Ken

If you haven't seen an IC Death Star SD70 it isn't all that bad.

railohio · Unread post by **railohio** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:11 pm

h2466 wrote:before this road was ruined. Ugh!! Ken

Hyperbole much?

Saturnalia · Unread post by **Saturnalia** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:21 pm

In railroading, if you don't like or can't adapt to change, you're going to be very disappointed.

This constant changing is to me quite exciting, one of my favorite parts of it all. Some people just don't seem to be able to LET GO!

MQT1223 · Unread post by **MQT1223** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:24 pm

You had like, 10 years to go down to the B&LE and catch it in an unaltered state since the CN acquisition in 2004. How could you have not found time?

Y@ · Unread post by Y@ » Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:19 pm

The cool Bessemer has been dead since the tunnel motors showed up.

midland sub · Unread post by **midland sub** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:34 pm

I'll go one step farther.... Rust belt steel based railroad in 2015....? Just be happy it's still there and not a bike path or overgrown tree line in the distance.

CG Tower · Unread post by **CG Tower** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:41 pm

I have to agree with you there...in fact, all midwest steel industry railroads are a bit of an anachronism...

CG

midland sub wrote:I'll go one step farther.... Rust belt steel based railroad in 2015....? Just be happy it's still there and not a bike path or overgrown tree line in the distance.

Robertrains · Unread post by **Robertrains** » Fri May 01, 2015 6:11 pm

I am posting this from CN Updates April 2015:

SD40-2 wrote:» Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:57 am
393 is 5776, 5367, BLE 910, BLE 901 and BLE 908.

by Robertrains » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:17 am
These Bessemer & Lake Erie® "Tunnel Motor" SD40-T3 locos are on their way to Homewood, IL! These engines have been "Retired" from the B&LE®! I wanted to go see them last year─but had no one to take me!!!! They have two "Tunnel Motors" remaining (905, 907), but may be gone soon! I've read that five remain on the DM&IR®! The BLE is now using mostly CN power and IC SD70s! A few SD38s are still being used though! It's said that the locos going to Homewood will be "Re-built" and used throughout the Midwest!
I still should go "Railfan" Conneaut (haven't been there since 5-2004─I saw one B&LE® train with 3 Orange "Tunnel Motors")!

Here's a post on BLE Messageboard about SD40T-3s "Retired:" http://members3.boardhost.com/Bessemer/ ... 25733.html

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