Progress Report 04.10.13 - Motive Power Changes

Tuesday night, I continued working on the car weight project.  I have processed all the cars from West Kelly Yard up to Joliet now.  I don't have too many more to complete.

Motive Power Shorts

Two SD35s and two U25Bs that were stripped and ready for the paint shop are being sold on eBay.  The ROCK's CEO negotiated a deal today selling four Rock Island Kato RS2s to Larry.  These units were originally painted as Peconic units, stripped and painted into RI early on in the layout's history (when I was modeling the late 60s), and now are returning to the original owner being stripped and painted for New Haven and Lehigh and Hudson River.  An Erie Lackawanna GP35 and GP7 (shell only) are also under current negotiations.  We're moving some motive power around today.

With all that being said, the ROCK purchased two more Kato SD40-2s for road power.  I updated the roster page on the blog.  

Here's a summary of typical power sets:

Road Power

1. SD40-2 / SD40-2
2. SD40-2 / SD40-2
3. SD40-2 / SD40-2
4. GP40 / GP40 / GP40
5. GP40 / GP40 / GP38-2
6. U25B / U25B
7. RS2 / RS2 / RS2 (used for Peoria transfer freight)

Local / Yard Power

1. GP7 / GP7
2. GP7 / GP7
3. GP18
4. GP18 / GP18
5. RS2
6. SW1500 / SW1500