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PHOTOS: SMS 25th Anniversary

Posted by kp5308 on Tue Oct 8 20:43:54 2019

On Saturday October 5th SMS had their inaugural "Wheels & Rails Car Show" at their Bridgeport NJ headquarters in cooperation with New Jersey Operation Lifesaver. CSX sent their 3 “Pride in Service” GE widecabs for the event. All were repainted at the Huntington (WV) shop.
ES44AC-H #1776 (ex-#3112 built by GE in 2013) honors the military with a digital camouflage scheme. The locomotive was painted this past April:


Also done in April was ES44AC-H #911 (GE 2008) honoring first responders:


ES44AC-H #3194 (GE 2013) is a Tier 4 Credit locomotive (Pop tier 4 credit locomotives into Google for more info) that was released in August 2019 honoring law enforcement:


The SMS Baldwin show was also on display. AS616 (All Service-6 traction motors-1600 HP) #554 is
Ex-Trona #54, exx-Kaiser Steel #1012B. This model would end up being the best selling Baldwin road switcher at 221 engines. The 554 retains the 608SC prime mover, Westinghouse electricals and last I checked it still had the Westinghouse brake. This ‘un was built in 1952 and is the last operable Baldwin 6 axle left.


PRR DS4-4-1000 (Diesel Switcher-4 axles-4 traction motors-1000HP) #9069 was built 1949 and is the real deal. SMS fired up the 6 cylinder 606 supercharged diesel from time to time during the day:


However B&O #412 is not the real deal. The VO1000 (De La Vergne model VO 6 cylinder inline supercharged-1000HP) was built for the Navy and numbered 19 in '45. This would be the best selling (548) BLW switcher :


This S12 (Switcher-1200HP) was built in 1953 for Michigan Limestone as #116. A supercharged 606A provides the HP and, like the 2 previous switchers Westinghouse provides the electrical equipment & brake system :


Owner Bobb Losse & hired hand Elliott Moxley were giving tours of the ex Louisville & Nashville FA2 they are restoring. Originally L&N #309 (Alco 1956), the cab unit was acquired by the Long Island & modified for duty as a cab car/HEP source & numbered 602. Much work needs to be completed before it gets the Pennsylvania freight cab unit treatment (Brunswick Green with a single stripe) complete with trainphone antenna hardware. Elliott tells me that the prime mover is a model 250 (or 244H) 12 cylinder w turbo and is very similar to an RS11 mechanically:


An EMD invader! The Carneys Point SW1200 was built for the Katy as SW900 #1229 in 1952:


The ex-Santa B23-7 was earning money switching while the event took place:


Personally I thought the attendance would be better than this:


Of course I got stopped by a train in Blandon PA on the way home. This was a MONSTER NS intermodal featuring double & single stack containers plus TOFC...but no DPU either in the middle or on the rear:

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