Mega UP power move

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

Caught a large power move of 20 units, it had UP 5290, 5436, 7428, 5479, 8630, and switchers UPY 1373, 1363, 1357, 1365, 1362, 1391, 1377, 1374, 1387, 1392, 1384, 1381, 1369, 1371 and 1425.

All are MP15DC's except the last switcher which is a MP15AC.

I've heard, the switchers are being sold for scrap

Below is a link, to a video I took (sorry bout the quality, the digital camera I used, has limited settings, If anyone would like to try and enhance it,let Me know)

 

[Bill Anderson]

I've heard, the switchers are being sold for scrap

No market for used switchers?

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

No market for used switchers?

I would think so, these all looked in decent shape

 

[papio]

A post I saw elsewhere said they were headed for auction.

 

[trbusse]

They have been stored in Grand Junction, CO for several months and are headed to auction. Considering what is still here, in GJ, there may be more to follow.

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

If anymore moves are planned out of there, lemme know

 

[BNSFEng]

On the BNSF, we have rule that we can only move 12 units in MU operations. I wonder how many of those units were just setup like cars and how many were actually MUed?

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

First 5 were MUed together

 

[trbusse]

There is another eastbound E move that left Grand Junction, CO this morning. Five road units pulling 14 switchers. Do not have specifics(unit numbers) at the moment.

Todd Busse

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

Just saw the reply, those are likely already by Me

 

[CSX 700]

Caught a large power move of 20 units, it had UP 5290, 5436, 7428, 5479, 8630, and switchers UPY 1373, 1363, 1357, 1365, 1362, 1391, 1377, 1374, 1387, 1392, 1384, 1381, 1369, 1371 and 1425.

All are MP15DC's except the last switcher which is a MP15AC.

I've heard, the switchers are being sold for scrap

Below is a link, to a video I took (sorry bout the quality, the digital camera I used, has limited settings, If anyone would like to try and enhance it,let Me know)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg3DLiDPISE

None of those were headed to scrap. All were destined for East St.Louis,Illinois for auction that just took place on October 22. The auction included 54 various UP MP15DC's, MP15AC's and MP15N's as well as 50 C40-8's.

Bryan Jones

 

[Bill Anderson]

It will be interesting to see where they all wind up. Does anyone know what the market is for second hand switchers?

 

[brad_in_omaha]

It will be interesting to see where they all wind up. Does anyone know what the market is for second hand switchers?

Apparently the switchers go for a lot more than C40-8's. Check out these selling proces from the last auction. First halaf the list is C40-8's and the second half is all the MP15's
https://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=102394&ipp=100&sort=0

Most of the C40-8 went for 20k-30k
While the MP15's went 150k-200k

 

[Bill Anderson]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.