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| Title: |
Slug set |
| Description: |
An IHB train behind a switcher and a slug rolls along home rails. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/1996 Upload Date: 6/11/2012 12:54:55 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
IHB 9204(SW1500) IHB PB1(Yard Slug) |
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789 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local and a slug |
| Description: |
UP had a number of yard slugs in service at yards around the system to handle switching chores. Sometimes theyd get out on the road for local work, as this one did. |
| Photo Date: |
2/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/15/2014 3:59:01 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 1335(MP15DC) UP S27(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
1051 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The end |
| Description: |
This ICG slug was in the bone yard at Pielet Bros in Mc Cook, where it would ultimately meet the torch. Its company on death row is a pair hf BN TD 45s. I can't find a number on the slug; the ones I saw in service were all BU-and a number. |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 12:49:13 AM |
| Location: |
Mc Cook, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BN 6559(SD45) BN 6417(SD45) ICG 54(Yard Slug) |
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1205 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Steel mill power |
| Description: |
A switcher and slug working the Inland Steel plant, seen from the Lake Cities. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/1990 Upload Date: 12/23/2015 4:37:21 AM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
INS 112(SW1200) INS 55(Yard Slug) |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Slug 1 |
| Description: |
This slug was on an eastbound freight arriving at Belen. It was in the company of BUGX 1552, and SD 9, and another slug, ex Santa Fe unit 3970. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:23:14 AM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BUGX 1010(Yard Slug) |
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240 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
The whole shebang |
| Description: |
The two slugs and SD 9 are in tow behind the road power as the train enters the yard. BUGX is a reporting mark of Dieselmotive Co |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:31:44 AM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BUGX 3970(Yard Slug) BUGX 1010(Yard Slug) BUGX 1552(SD9) |
| Views: |
310 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Slugging away |
| Description: |
Little remarked, CSX used yard slugs in various places. One was Clifton Forge, where this one is mated with a GP 38. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:20:14 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 1040(Yard Slug) CSX 4289(GP39) |
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627 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard power |
| Description: |
This GP 39 was working the yard with a slug, seen from the passing Cardinal. |
| Photo Date: |
3/11/1990 Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:24:20 AM |
| Location: |
Clifton Forge, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 4289(GP39) CSX 1040(Yard Slug) |
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541 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yard power |
| Description: |
A slug set at Argentine in Kansas City. This one got the BNSF treatment early. |
| Photo Date: |
4/29/1997 Upload Date: 4/27/2014 3:06:19 AM |
| Location: |
Argentine, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3820(GP7u) BNSF 3955(Yard Slug) |
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1163 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Santa Fe slug |
| Description: |
This Santa Fe unit was with the SD 9 and the first slug on an eastnbound. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:29:41 AM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BUGX 3970(Yard Slug) |
| Views: |
219 Comments: 3 |
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