01-27-2015, 10:58 PM
A few times, even back-woods tracks like the one past my house have had wide-cab six axle switchers doing the jobs usually performed by a few GP38-2s and GP40-2s (where was I when this happened? If I didn't see pictures I wouldn't believe it.
In any event, six-axle power in yards isn't all that uncommon. At least in the case of railroads like Conrail and some of its predecessors, they assigned six axle units like SD7s, SD9s, SD38s, and U23Cs as yard power, and these units would stray into local work from time to time. In fact, during the Conrail years, the SD38s were often paired with MT6 road slugs, derived from 6 axle Alco RSD15s.
Granted, this heavy power was usually used in larger yards, particularly as hump engines. Still, they were present.
In any event, six-axle power in yards isn't all that uncommon. At least in the case of railroads like Conrail and some of its predecessors, they assigned six axle units like SD7s, SD9s, SD38s, and U23Cs as yard power, and these units would stray into local work from time to time. In fact, during the Conrail years, the SD38s were often paired with MT6 road slugs, derived from 6 axle Alco RSD15s.
Granted, this heavy power was usually used in larger yards, particularly as hump engines. Still, they were present.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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