Once a diesel Wrote:
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> Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> > Our dynamic-brake equipped SW-8 1127 was
> > originally built with the large "garbage can"
> > headlights and when maintenance became a
> problem
> > were converted to the dual side-by-side style.
> > You can still see the torch marks where they
> > removed them in the final days.
> >
> > Sammie
>
>
> Interesting that a flat land switcher has DB's. I
> imagine they were seldom used.
>
> Great news that it is owned by someone who
> appreciates its . It will be a
> piece one day. Does it still need a lot of work
> to be restored?
>
> Thanks.

The 1127 is in the process of being reconditioned and most likely will receive the prime mover from OPR 801 which was heavily damaged in the Labor Day wildfires that struck the area. Once completed she will join her brothers and sisters in regular freight service on the Oregon Pacific. While not a museum per se...the OPR's eclectic fleet of switchers sometimes resembles one!

Sammie