Request to add Oakway Leasing SD60 scheme to your List
Aug 25, 2023 8:55:08 GMT -5
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Post by dazed on Aug 25, 2023 8:55:08 GMT -5
I'm hoping it was a typo, but your list of roadnames for the upcoming SD60 did not include Oakway Leasing.
Oakway Leasing History Lesson
1. Oakway Leasing = Burlington Northern. BN worked a deal with EMD's Leasing division to develop the first major "power by the hour" program whereby BN only paid "when the meter was running". So while they did not wear BN or BNSF colors, they were 100% identified with those railroads over the course of their TWENTY YEAR lease.
2. BN's Oakway roster was second only to Norfolk Southern for the LARGEST ROSTER of SD60's. They had One-Hundred of them.
3. After their arrival in 1986, the Oakways were THE anchor of motive power on BN's massive coal hauling business. The sales pitch was that three SD60's would replace five of the traditional coal motors, almost exclusively SD40-2's and C30-7's. That didn't quite work out, but it still gave BN massive flexibility and an important injection of power into the fleet when it was needed most. (and followed by the tri-clops SD60M's in late 1989 and the more common 2-window SD60M's throughout the early 1990's.)
4. As the revolutionary SD70MAC deliveries reached a certain level, most of the SD40-2's, C30-7's, and SD60/M's were gradually shifted to other service. It seems that the Oakways gravitated to unit grain trains, but were found in a variety of roles during their time with BNSF.
Summary: The Oakway Leasing scheme is top 2 for SD60's, belonged to two different large Class 1 railroads, and were BEAUTIFUL LOCOMOTIVES. I don't think you want to skip this one.
And don't believe me...here is a post on this forum from someone else wanting these, and one well-known custom Z builder has shown this scheme several times on his FB page as a customer request. azlforum.com/thread/1592/oakway-sd60
Oakway Leasing History Lesson
1. Oakway Leasing = Burlington Northern. BN worked a deal with EMD's Leasing division to develop the first major "power by the hour" program whereby BN only paid "when the meter was running". So while they did not wear BN or BNSF colors, they were 100% identified with those railroads over the course of their TWENTY YEAR lease.
2. BN's Oakway roster was second only to Norfolk Southern for the LARGEST ROSTER of SD60's. They had One-Hundred of them.
3. After their arrival in 1986, the Oakways were THE anchor of motive power on BN's massive coal hauling business. The sales pitch was that three SD60's would replace five of the traditional coal motors, almost exclusively SD40-2's and C30-7's. That didn't quite work out, but it still gave BN massive flexibility and an important injection of power into the fleet when it was needed most. (and followed by the tri-clops SD60M's in late 1989 and the more common 2-window SD60M's throughout the early 1990's.)
4. As the revolutionary SD70MAC deliveries reached a certain level, most of the SD40-2's, C30-7's, and SD60/M's were gradually shifted to other service. It seems that the Oakways gravitated to unit grain trains, but were found in a variety of roles during their time with BNSF.
Summary: The Oakway Leasing scheme is top 2 for SD60's, belonged to two different large Class 1 railroads, and were BEAUTIFUL LOCOMOTIVES. I don't think you want to skip this one.
And don't believe me...here is a post on this forum from someone else wanting these, and one well-known custom Z builder has shown this scheme several times on his FB page as a customer request. azlforum.com/thread/1592/oakway-sd60
