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Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-02-2009 - 21:58

Drew Jacksich Wrote:
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> At one time I had
> another roster which showed several of the E units
> as E8/9 supposedly indicating some kind of up
> grade.

Amtrak did rebuild a number of E for continued service on their eastern lines. Maybe that's them.

On the other hand, Amtrak sent a small number of its ex-UP E's to Morrison Knudsen in Boise and low-level overhauls and repainting around, oh, 1973 (WAF might know the dates and the units involved). Completed units moved dead in freight service Boise-Nampa-Ogden, then moved west on Number 5 to SP's West Oakland Diesel Shop where they were placed in service. Other than being shiny, the overhauled units weren't much better than the not-overhauled units, which were not highly thought of by SP's Operating or Mechanical departments.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 Drew Jacksich 12-31-2008 - 17:21
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 OPRRMS 12-31-2008 - 20:06
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 Steven D. Johnson 12-31-2008 - 20:32
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 Drew Jacksich 12-31-2008 - 22:58
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 OPRRMS 01-02-2009 - 21:58
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 Drew Jacksich 01-02-2009 - 22:59
  Re: E9's at Norden February 1974 with Amtrak #6 WAF 01-03-2009 - 15:15


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