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


PS to the above:

In addition to the purchase price, each unit required a ten-percent Buyers Fee to add to the cost.

Dick