I refer to an article from 2008 where I posted some photos of original SD90's I'd taken over the years. Considering that they were generally used 1500-2000+ miles from Maine didn't seem to make the encounters as rare as one would expect. They had some eastern history which I happened to stumble into over the years. Here is the old article on this blog.
Now enter Facebook. Love it or hate it, it does provide some interesting sources of railfan info. Here we find the SD90's again, thanks to the "Altoonaworks" website and their po
stings on Facebook. If you look at the news feed, you'll see something called "Juniata Insourcing", though I'm not sure what you'll see if you don't have a Facebook account. Apparently some have already been re-engined with EMD 16-710 motors and sent to Australia. Going by the cab numbers these do appear to be at least some of the same batch as seen in Butler, PA working for GWI in 2008.Another piece of evidence in support of "shoot 'em when you can".
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