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The answer is not many... Indiana Railroad still has 14 in service. CEFX has 30 remaining, some running on Northshore mining. San Louise & Rio Grande and other shortlines (Indiana's may be part of this total?)Of CP's 61 SD9043macs 3 are scrapped and the remaining 58 are in storage and up for sale. CP Also had 4 SD90Hmac units that have been scrapped.NS has 73 units slated to be rebuilt into SD70ACUs, most are in storage.All of the EMD lease fleet (mostly ex UP SD90Hmacs) is in storage.Nearly all of UP's ~200 remaining SD9043macs are in storage.Edit: There are also some units still running in Australia.
All of the NS SD80Mac's are in active service and are not scheduled to be part of the SD70ACU project.
That is not 100% correct. The SD90Mac's that have not been rebuilt by NS are in active service, but there numbers are dwindling fast. Here is a list of the SD70ACU project.
The Railwire is not your personal army.
Rick, I can't wait for the next issue of N scale magazine. Do you discuss all trains operated on your layout in that issues? As for glass sand (silica sand) I believe it is transported in covered hoppers to keep it dry. Because of the weight of the sand, I believe it's transported in 2 bay or single bay covered hoppers.
The vast majority of them are 3-bay. Though I have seen the occasional 2-bay.
Jerry G: Instead of putting white trim film on the loco, then applying a blue decal over that, how about printing the decal ON the trim film? That way, when you cut it out, it will all be backed by white, with no overlapping edges.
I finally got a hold of White "Decal paper". Using the "Trim Film", the inkjet print, just bubbled-up.On the decal paper, the blue ink has stayed-put. I will have to wait and give the decal coating (glosscote), time to cure. And then try out the new decals...Jerry G.
Trim film decal or plain (laser) decal film will not work with ink Jets because it doesn't absorb liquid film (laser printers use dry toner). That is why the liquid ink beads up. Decal film specifically made for ink jets is coated with an ink-absorbing layer over the clear film. But since the ink is water-soluble it does have to be sealed with a clear lacquer (after the ink is dry).
The "Decal Paper" is obviously different from Trim film. I figured that before, but it was all I had at the time.