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auto-train Road-switcher locomotive #4012 was a U36B built by GE in May 1974, (builder's number 39846) to specifications of the SCL, auto-train's major "host" railroad. This third and final batch of U36Bs sported a slightly different rock-resistant pilot. |
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Shown here, 4012 heads a promotional train at Ft. Lauderdale, FL November 1974. Locomotive 4012 may have been regeared for use as a yard switcher later in its auto-train career. |
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| Like the other auto-train locomotives, 4012 was eventually scrapped. After its time on the auto-train, the locomotive went into storage at Oelwein, Iowa where it sat awating a buyer that never came. The locomotive was cut up on-site in 1984-85. |  |
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Note the red and white lenses on the nose are reversed from previous batches. The new pilot on the bottom front of 4012 (along with 4010 & 4011) was an improvement over the last three batches of U36Bs. The sturdy new design even provided protection for the ends of unused connecting cables/lines.
Images: Mary Jayne and John Z. Rowe. November 1974 |
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Seen here on a promotional tour in Florida. Image: Carl W. Schmidt, courtesy of his son Tom Schmidt |
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A couple years later... Image: Stan Jackowski |
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