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Soo Line 584 |
| Description: |
In 1969 and 1972, the Milwaukee Road took delivery of the unique SDL39....a light weight six axle roadswitcher. These 10 units were especially built for the Milwaukees light rail branchlines in the midwest. They featured a 12 cylinder turbocharged 645 engine, a short frame (shorter than a GP9), export trucks and weighed in at 249,000 lbs. The 581 was wrecked, but the other 9 units were transferred to the Soo Line. A few of the SDL39s were leased to the DM&E in 1987. The remaining 9 units were purchased by the Wisconsin Central but deemed surplus when the Canadian National took over the WC and are now in service in Chile on the Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FEPASA). |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1987 Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:14:36 PM |
| Location: |
Dodge Center, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DME 1463(GP9) SOO 584(SDL39) |
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720 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Soo 584 |
| Description: |
I shot this SDL39 at Dodge Center, MN while it was leased to the DM&E |
| Photo Date: |
5/9/1987 Upload Date: 2/7/2017 12:47:51 PM |
| Location: |
Dodge Center, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Kundert |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 584(SDL39) |
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781 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mankato bound |
| Description: |
One of the main intechange points with the CNW was at Makato, about 25 miles to the west. This train, WAMAA, is rolling 31 cars there behind an interesting set of power, including one of the MILW only SDL39s. We see it here getting unnderway from Waseca. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 2:58:34 PM |
| Location: |
Waseca, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R) |
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800 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SDL39 |
| Description: |
Milwaukee Road ordered these SDL39s, a version of EMDs 39 line on pared down C trucks, designed to lighten the axle load on the light rail branch lines in the system. MILW got ten of them, the only such order in the US. They wound up on DM&E at start up. I was lucky to catch one in the yard at Waseca. It would go out shortly on a train to Mankato. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:02:34 PM |
| Location: |
Waseca, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10) |
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972 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WAMAA power |
| Description: |
A shot of the power that will shorly take WAMAA to Mankato. Have a better shot from the other side. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:13:24 PM |
| Location: |
Waseca, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DME 6618(SD7R) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10) |
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661 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
What a set of power |
| Description: |
This 31 car WAMAA has a power set you wont find anywhere today. It was pretty wild even then. The second unit is the real find. Only ten SDL39s were built, all for MILW. It was a slimmed down version of the SD 39, designed for light rail on prairie branch lines. Here its stretching its legs a little on this run to Mankato. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 3:38:18 AM |
| Location: |
Janesville, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R) |
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639 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling right along |
| Description: |
Unlike the line to Mason City, the line to Mankato was in somewhat better shape. Chasing on then two lane US 14 was a bit of a challenge in traffic, but I was still able to get a couple of shots before the construction forced a detour. This one shows the train stretched out as it rolls through the farmland just out of the yard in Waseca |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/11/2015 3:41:59 AM |
| Location: |
Waseca, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Great mix |
| Description: |
This set of power was getting prepped to go out to Mankato on WAMAA. What a set: an SD 9, SDL 39 and MILW rebuild SD 10. |
| Photo Date: |
6/23/1987 Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:15:09 PM |
| Location: |
Waseca, MN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
DME 6618(SD7R) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10) |
| Views: |
847 Comments: 0 |
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