Midwest storage
Author: Observer
Date: 04-17-2013 - 16:29
OPRRMS Wrote: (in part)
> It had been in longterm storage somewhere in the
> Midwest, and is apparently one of the switchers UP
> is supposedly pulling out of longterm storage at
> various locations in the Midwest to send west to
> help alleviate the chronic shortage of four-axle
> units in the Roseville Service Unit. It has yet
> to turn a revenue wheel since arriving in Oakland
> due to a multitude of mechanical and electrical
> issues.
I live "somewhere in the Midwest". Now and again, I see WB freights with switchers/older road engines in the consist. I assume they are being relocated to your neck of the woods.