EX-NdeM E60C

[setxrailfan]

Today I saw an ex-NdeM E60C on the TIBR at Silsbee, TX en-route to an unknown destination that came out of the TXU Martin Lake, TX power generating station. It was moving as TOBX 33011. There were number boards inside the unit numbered 3311.

Photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47162644@N07/

Anyone know where it is waybilled to? The electronic waybill information did not show adequate info.

Thanks,


JOBX 33011 by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

JOBX 33011 by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

JOBX 33011 by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

 

[Eastern Railfan]

Nice catch Mark! I wish I had been old enough to photograph these when New Jersey Transit as well as Amtrak used to run them.

 

[setxrailfan]

Thanks Tommy. I was just informed that it is en-route to Thoreau, NM.

 

[NM_RailNut]

Thanks Tommy. I was just informed that it is en-route to Thoreau, NM.

Sounds like it's going to the Escalante-Western Railway, which serves the power plant complex east of Thoreau. That won't be the final destination, though, as the E-W is an all-diesel operation; it'll probably be loaded onto a special flatbed trailer for shipment to either the Navajo Mine Railway or the Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad, which have been buying ex-NdeM E60C-2s to augment their own units (ex-Amtrak E60CPs on the former, and E60Cs on the latter).

 

[setxrailfan]

Thanks Michael. Info on loconotes indicated the same thing.

 

[Jon Bentz]

Very cool! Does anyone know where this was in storage?

Just for perspective, here's a shot at the Washington Terminal Ivey City service facility in 1975 of an E60C, E8 ( ex UP I think ) and the rear end of an SD40F. Ah, those were the days!!

 

[Smitty905]

Nice catch!

Sounds like it's going to the Escalante-Western Railway, which serves the power plant complex east of Thoreau. That won't be the final destination, though, as the E-W is an all-diesel operation; it'll probably be loaded onto a special flatbed trailer for shipment to either the Navajo Mine Railway or the Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad, which have been buying ex-NdeM E60C-2s to augment their own units (ex-Amtrak E60CPs on the former, and E60Cs on the latter).

^ and great info RailNut!