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UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio

Author: Shortline Sammie

Date: 04-03-2009 - 06:42

I attended UP auction of surplus locomotives April 2 at San Antonio which included fifty-three SD-40's of various configurations, five SW-1500's and two slugs. If you were in the market for a six-axle unit, you were in luck. Prices ranged from $33,000 for the SD-40-2R #3137 to $49,000 for the SD-40-2T #9863.

Switchers were another matter: $120,000 each for the #1069 and #1208; $125,000 for the #1136; $127,500 for the #1079 and a whopping $137,500 for the #1137.

Slugs 903 brought top dollar: #903 brought $53,000; #904 $66,500 (had flexicoil trucks) Both went to LTEX. Most all of the dealers were there as well as scrappers. Since the bidding was also available on-line, many "phantom" buyers were also there.

Oregon Pacific had interest in the two slugs mainly for the trucks and motors; however, at those prices friction bearings look better and better especially if our units don't have to be interchanged.

It was a sad sight to see the units with SP and D&RGW lettering "patched" over and a pair of new genset switchers parading around as if to say "old warriors...rest in peace"...WE CAN HANDLE IT.

Dick Samuels

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Shortline Sammie	04-03-2009 - 06:42
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Shortline Sammie	04-03-2009 - 07:02
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Bill	04-03-2009 - 12:04
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	J	04-03-2009 - 12:43
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	jst3751	04-03-2009 - 13:11
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Bill	04-03-2009 - 15:53
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Earl Pitts	04-03-2009 - 16:06
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Shortline Sammie	04-03-2009 - 17:20
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	Bil	04-04-2009 - 16:38
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	JESUS GARZA	04-28-2009 - 10:36
Re: UP Locomotive Auction-San Antonio	OPRRMS	04-03-2009 - 12:41
SLUGS	D.E. Mulhollen	04-03-2009 - 16:44
Re: SLUGS	Shortline Sammie	04-03-2009 - 17:24
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	K-12	04-04-2009 - 18:04
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	E	04-04-2009 - 21:22
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	K-12	04-04-2009 - 22:09
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	jst3751	04-06-2009 - 16:45
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	Shortline Sammie	04-06-2009 - 20:41
Re: SLUGS how auctions work	jst3751	04-07-2009 - 12:57
Re: SLUGS	Paul Williams	05-10-2009 - 17:59

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Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> I attended UP auction of surplus locomotives April
> 2 at San Antonio which included fifty-three
> SD-40's of various configurations, five SW-1500's
> and two slugs.  If you were in the market for a
> six-axle unit, you were in luck.  Prices ranged
> from $33,000 for the SD-40-2R #3137 to $49,000 for
> the SD-40-2T #9863.
> 
> Switchers were another matter: $120,000 each for
> the #1069 and #1208; $125,000 for the #1136;
> $127,500 for the #1079 and a whopping $137,500 for
> the #1137.
> 
> Slugs 903 brought top dollar: #903 brought
> $53,000; #904 $66,500 (had flexicoil trucks)  Both
> went to LTEX. Most all of the dealers were there
> as well as scrappers.  Since the bidding was also
> available on-line, many "phantom" buyers were also
> there.
> 
> Oregon Pacific had interest in the two slugs
> mainly for the trucks and motors; however, at
> those prices friction bearings look better and
> better especially if our units don't have to be
> interchanged.
> 
> It was a sad sight to see the units with SP and
> D&RGW lettering "patched" over and a pair of new
> genset switchers parading around as if to say "old
> warriors...rest in peace"...WE CAN HANDLE IT.
> 
> Dick Samuels

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