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Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix)
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 06-09-2011 - 10:42

You may find the page linked below interesting. There is a question/answer similar to Marty's question. There is also a link to a video of of one of the SD50F's starting up.

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Basin Electric
Ed: How long is the rail haul by the 2 engines? Does the rail line run all the way up to the Laurel area to connect to BNSF? How many runs a day does the train make?
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basinelectric
Hi Ed!
We asked Project Manager Karl Lemmerman to provide some answers to your questions. His answer is below:

The two locomotives were required, by BNSF, if the unit train was left at Warren to be loaded without the assistance of the BNSF locomotives -which will often be the case. This was required so as to be able to move and load the 80 to 90 cars as well as prep the train while BNSF’s power was gone.

We can only operate these two locomotives on our two spurs (approximately 18,000 feet in total) — they are not permitted on the BNSF tracks! Once BNSF locomotive power picks up the train for shipment to the Leland Olds station, the round trip will take about 4 days.

[basinelectric.wordpress.com]

The loadout is on a 1.5% grade, so significant power is need to move a loaded train around, even if only on the loadout tracks.


Below is a link to info on the new loadout provided by the engineering company that designed it.
[www.millcreekeng.com]

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  Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Marty Bernard 06-08-2011 - 19:04
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Kyle 06-08-2011 - 21:44
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Marty Bernard 06-09-2011 - 08:20
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Graham Buxton 06-09-2011 - 10:42
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Throttle Hogg 06-09-2011 - 21:05
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) ex-BN 06-10-2011 - 07:39
  Re: Montana Limestone Company's SD50Fs Have a Great Paint Scheme (pix) Craig Tambo 06-12-2011 - 11:27


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