Two GE 80-tonners in Albany, GA--Govt Liquidation Auction

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:28 pm

See Classifieds for more info. Starting bid only $150, but these are reasonably good locos with roller bearings, so not likely to go cheap. Located at Marine Corps Logistics Base at Albany, Ga., served by the Georgia and Florida RR shortline.

Tim Moriarty · **Joined:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:25 pm **Posts:** 374

For those who are interested, here's the link:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/e ... md=keyword

Andrew Durden · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:18 pm

Someone obviously had a lot more to throw at them than we were willing to spend. ;-)

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:26 pm

$43K for the friction-bearing one, $55K for the roller-bearing one.

Now, will they be sent elsewhere for use, parted out, or scrapped?

Tim Andrews · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:04 am **Posts:** 90

Both of these units went through the DRMO-DLA dispostion process and could have been picked up though your state's surplus property program. IIRC in Tennessee that is 10% of the original purchase price. That number is somewhat negotiable as the percentage can go down as the value goes up. I may be off a bit but TVRM has picked up two RSD1s, three GP7s and numerous machine tools for practically nothing (OK we paid for freight). Other groups have picked up locomotives, track machinery, motor cars and who knows what else.

Tim Andrews

Andrew Durden · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:48 pm

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

$43K for the friction-bearing one, $55K for the roller-bearing one.

Now, will they be sent elsewhere for use, parted out, or scrapped?

The ad was incorrect...both had roller bearings. I inspected them last
Tuesday. The Chattahoochee-rebuilt loco was rebuilt at an earlier date, and had a few more hours on its prime movers. This may have been the reason it went for less. However, it looked to be in slightly better condition than the Construction Mining loco. I wasn't able to start either one, so hard to really tell.

I will also be interested to see where they end up. LTEX seems to be acquiring some of the industrial locos lately.

Andrew Durden
SRM

Andrew Durden · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:54 pm

Tim Andrews wrote:

Both of these units went through the DRMO-DLA dispostion process and could have been picked up though your state's surplus property program. IIRC in Tennessee that is 10% of the original purchase price. That number is somewhat negotiable as the percentage can go down as the value goes up. I may be off a bit but TVRM has picked up two RSD1s, three GP7s and numerous machine tools for practically nothing (OK we paid for freight). Other groups have picked up locomotives, track machinery, motor cars and who knows what else.

Tim Andrews

Hi Tim,

I was told about the disposition program after the engines had already cleared and were turned over to Government Liquidation. I guess we'll have to keep our eyes peeled, though I don't think that there are any of the industrial engines left on Georgia installations. The light centercab engines are ideal for our operation, and the "modernized" versions are particularly attractive.

Andrew