Well I found this info on The Trainorders from June. I assume that is the case as it stands now, since we have heard no announcement of a sale yet.

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Date: 06/10/20 22:12
Re: Mount Hood (SDCX) 02 and 89
Author: JDLX

Yes and no. MHRR is still running, at least for now, though under the direction of a trustee as corporate parent Iowa Pacific is in bankruptcy. Iowa Pacific previously tendered the two locomotives and most of MH's passenger equipment as security for a loan, along with a lot of other equipment scattered across the IPH empire, IPH defaulted on the loan so the lender got the equipment, they promptly sold it to another party who listed the equipment on Ozark. MH replaced its lost locomotives with power leased from Western Rail, first a GP38 that got returned I believe for lack of extended range dynamic brakes and then I think a GP35 that just arrived in the last week or two. They continue hauling freight and may or may not resume passenger operations whenever the current virus situation allows, provided that nobody buys their passenger cars between now and then.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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Date: 06/11/20 09:59
Re: Mount Hood (SDCX) 02 and 89
Author: ShortlinesUSA

Good summary, Jeff. The replacement unit for WRIX 3877 (former CBRL) is WRIX 2250, which is a GP38-3 rebuilt from a GP35. It wears the OmniTrax blue and gray paint scheme.

Mike Derrick