E-L Legacy

My first video on YouTube that I shot myself! CSXT SD40-2 #8087 and CSXT SD40-2 (rebuilt 'plant. Down from 3,600 hp to 3,000 hp) #8886 (ex-EL) head east on former Erie Lackawanna trackage being taped from a former Erie Lackawanna structure; AC Tower in Marion, Ohio on May 17, 2008.

As of March 19, 2009 there are 91 known surviving EL locomotives

Unofficial list of ex-EL locomotives in service on major railroads in 2009:

- CSXT SD40-2 #8886 (EL SD45-2 #3676)
- CSXT SD40-2 #8889 (EL SD45-2 #3678)
- CSXT SD45-2 #8674 (EL SD45-2 #3673)
-NS SD45-2 #1700-1705 (EL SD45-2 #3669-70, 74, 79, 81)
- OHCR SD45-2 #8976 (EL SD45-2 #3680)
- NS SD45 Q#1 Test Bed Unit (EL SD45 #3632)
- MRL SD45-2 #332 (EL SDP45 #3657)
- UP SD40M-2 #2767-69, 71, 72 (EL SDP45 #3654, 59, 62, 65, 66, 68)
- Frepasa (Chile) SD39-2M #2355-6 (EL GP35 #2576, 82)
- KCSM SD45 #1200 (EL SD45 #803)
- HLCX SD40-2? #6515 (EL SDP45 #3655)
- UP #2770 (although by all reports was still SP #8694) was leading a train through Bertram, California on 11-10-2007 and was wrecked and subsequently scrapped
- BNSF slug #3957 was at one point EL GP7 #1409
- The last two surviving (but not in preservation) U34CHs were returned to America from Mexico in 2006/2007 but have since been sent to Brazil for parts/scrap
- There is a pretty good chance that WC SDP45 #6634 (ex-EL #3656) was scrapped at Larry's Truck & Electric quite recently
- The rest of the survivors include the ALCOs that are used by D-L, B&H, and LA&L or are switchers or geeps that work for industrial/agricultural railroads

If you wish to find out more, Google search "Erie Lackawanna survivors" and the first hit will be an in-depth page about EL survivors.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CSXT
• SD45-2
• AC
• Tower
• Marion
• OH
• Ohio
• EL
• Erie
• Lackawanna
• Legacy

[ERIELACKU34CH]

you win the prize for best video dude. an EL SD45-2 in fresh paint, and on EL trackage!

[cbehr91]

I am sad to report this but all of CSX's SD45-2s are off the roster. This one and one other have been downgraded to SD40-2 specifications.

[justinamk1]

NERD FIGHT NERD FIGHT NERD FIGHT NERD FIGHT!!!!

I wonder how many times greywolf has been beaten up in his life?

[cbehr91]

Yeah, what he said.

[ERIELACKU34CH]

the SD45-2 provides 13% more horsepower with only 10% more fuel consumption. it is slightly more efficient, what doomed the 20 cylinder engine was the tendency for the crankshaft to crack.

[cbehr91]

First off, those are 40-2 numbers. I would've noticed the longer radiator fan and the horn off-set on the far side of the locomotive. You obviously have no idea how personal/special this video is for some of us so just go away.

[cbehr91]

Did you see the title of the video; 'E-L Legacy'? We are just huge fans of the Erie-Lackawanna and were very excited to see a former EL locomotive on a mainline train. After the Conrail split they were moved to the Shared Assets territory in New Jersey and rarely leave. This was in Ohio on former E-L trackage no less.

[cbehr91]

Are you CSX brass?

First off, the horsepower is not equal. The 20-cylinder EMD 645 engine gave off 3,600 hp while the 16-cylinder EMD 645 gave off 3,000 hp. And it was proven by Santa Fe that the 45 had better hp/gallon of fuel than the SD40-2. The reason some railroads were turned off to the 45 was not because of the fuel economy but because the prime mover was so powerful it would break it's own crankshaft.

[ERIELACKU34CH]

ok, now im assuming (hoping) that means they are still running, but with 16 cylinder engines in them. at can live with that (barely)

[horselovermc]

is this the video