Re: (erielack) EL SDP45 sold to Museum....

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

The units sold for about scrap prices, except for the $33K ex-AT&SF unit.
Considering what it would cost to get an operable unit of almost any other
EMD model... even a GP7/9 would be three times that.. a GP38 more than 10
times.  Most of what I have seen for sale for mid-teens are friction
bearing, 50 year old, Alco and GE switchers, in dubious mechanical
conditions.   Even a used U30B had an asking price of $60,000 - rather
unrealistic given the market for used GE's has 99% of those long since
scrapped (so try finding parts for this one).  Which was mainly the point -
bad turbo or not, big engine with limited uses or not, 20-cyl prime mover or
not, $16,000 is a bargain basement price for a locomotive that is ready to
ship.. even if you buy two to have a good turbo on hand for it.   A running
unit could likely be leased to someone long enough to repay the initial
costs in acquiring the unit to begin with ($65 or so a day for 9 months
would do it).

Bill K.



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From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Robert John Davis'" <trains_@_robertjohndavis.com>; "Blue Moon Network
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Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) EL SDP45 sold to Museum....



> > Did anyone with EL ties care enough to bid?
>
> I bid $100, but obviously didn't win. :)
>
> I don't think "care enough" to bid is a fair statement. Even though a lot
of folks are saying "wow, that sold cheaply," I know of few folks who
actually have the financial wherewithal to say that $16,000 is "cheap."
Particularly when the unit a) has a blown turbo, and b) would cost $$$ just
to move it east!
>

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