Mar 13, 2025 · CN 8952 SD70M-2 CN 2508 Dash 9-44CWL QNSL 454 "AC44C6M" ex GECX/BNSF 4937 Dash 9-44CW

October 26th, 2024 got word that the LAke States picked up an additional two used ex UP SD70Ms. They were orginally scheduled to go out on E251 with the CN 8952, but power issues prevented that. The two eventually went out on CN L507. Got them in Ferndale, MI. I had to get these two just because of them being EX UP.

8952 is actually an SCL unit, not CRR. (The SCL\'s had nose headlights, the CRR\'s didn\'t) On the yellow numberboards, they wouldn\'t have made it to CSX, or even SBD on the GP38\'s, since they were renumbered at both mergers. (on CRR and Family Lines, they were 2000-2009. At the SBD merger, they became 6271-6280 to avoid conflict

- The other was built as MP 3229 in August 1978, became UP 4229 in June 1989, then B4229 in 1992 when UP made some ex-MP SD40-2's non-lead-qualified. Then it became 8952 in October 2002, and then 3203 in April 2014 not too long after the …