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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/7/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: LMX
Model:GE B39-8EBuilt As:LMX 8526 (B39-8E)
Serial Number:45435Order No:1410LMX
Frame Number:Built:11/1987
Notes:11/1987
Other locos with this serial:  LMX 8526(B39-8E) BCOL 3907(B39-8E)
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By the hour
Title:  By the hour
Description:  The big new thing at this time was "power by the hour", where railroads would lease diesels, with payment based on horsepower hours. Since technology now allowed for a real time record of actual usage, it was possible for this type of billing, more accurate than a HP times how long the engine was gone billing. BN leased a group of B39-8s on this basis, and we see two of them at Cicero, under the mercury vapor lamps, making the colors a little off.
Photo Date:  3/11/1990  Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:18:47 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  LMX 8546(B39-8E) LMX 8526(B39-8E) BN 3133(GP50)
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