LMX 8573  Contributor's Pick!       
NERR power parked by the yard office.
Date: 9/23/2011 Location: Nashville, TN Views: 1281 Collection Of:   Robert Smith
Locomotives: LMX 8573(B39-8E) NERR 8531(B39-8) NERR 574(B40-8W) NERR 579(B40-8W)    Author:  Robert Smith
LMX 8573
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Atlanta Rails General Did NERR Repaint it in LMX colors? or atleast touch it up? It got patched twice and now it looks like original. 10/9/2011 8:17:43 PM
Robert Smith General The "8573" is actually the former LMX 8572. When it was placed in service on the NERR, there was a U30B with the number 5372. Since the two "72's" would be working in the same yard at times, and since the crews use the last two digits to communicate during switching moves, management felt it would be in the interest of safety to renumber the 8572 to 8573. The problem, they didn't put NERR reporting marks on it, so it looks like LMX 8573. 10/9/2011 9:22:59 PM
Robert Smith General The paint looks so good because LMX 8572 was wrecked and repaired after being involved in a runaway that came down the hill into SOO's St. Paul Yard in 1996. 10/9/2011 9:28:12 PM
William H. Davis Jr. General Nice shot 8/29/2012 3:27:10 PM

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