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Seaboard
Title:  Seaboard
Description:  Unknown date. Note the fresh pait on all of the locomoties showm. This apears to be a GE rebuilt into this slug and EMD trucks instlalled.
Photo Date:  1/17/2020  Upload Date: 2/11/2020 10:46:42 AM
Location:  Unknown, GA
Author:  Thomas Hogan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SBD 3201(MATE)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SBD 5202
Title:  SBD 5202
Description:  SBD 5202 is at Plant City, Fl. in this 1986 photo.
Photo Date:  7/17/1986  Upload Date: 9/9/2015 7:53:11 AM
Location:  Plant City, FL
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5202(MATE)
Views:  282   Comments: 1
SBD 5206
Title:  SBD 5206
Description:  SBD 5206 is at Bartow, Fl. in this 1986 photo.
Photo Date:  7/2/1986  Upload Date: 9/9/2015 7:58:40 AM
Location:  Bartow, FL
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5206(MATE)
Views:  225   Comments: 1
SBD 5207
Title:  SBD 5207
Description:  SBD 5207 is at Plant City, Fl. in this 1986 photo.
Photo Date:  7/1/1986  Upload Date: 9/9/2015 7:59:57 AM
Location:  Plant City, FL
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5207(MATE)
Views:  265   Comments: 2
SBD MATE 5211
Title:  SBD MATE 5211
Description:  Seaboard System MATE 5211 at Corbin, Kentucky on April 4, 1985, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/4/1985  Upload Date: 8/2/2013 12:56:09 PM
Location:  Corbin, KY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 5211(MATE) SBD 5785(U36B)
Views:  546   Comments: 1
SBD U36B 5785
Title:  SBD U36B 5785
Description:  SBD U36B 5785 at Corbin, Kentucky on April 4, 1985, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built as Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) 1835 January 1972 (c/n 38278), it was modified during construction to operate with MATE (Motors for Added Tractive Effort) slugs. When this locomotive was built, 900 horsepower per axle was a lot, and wheel slip technology had not yet caught up with that kind of power. These tended to be slippery locomotives, especially when mu'ed with EMD products.

The SCL was in need of replacement power for its Bone Valley (near Tampa, Florida) phosphate lines, and GE suggested road slugs for this operation. A MATE differs from ordinary slugs in three ways: their 65,413 to 67,588 pounds of added tractive effort surpasses that of most slugs, they are designed to operate at road speeds (they are equipped with Blomberg trucks with GE 752 traction motors), and they also serve as fuel tenders. Each MATE carries 3250 gallons of fuel that the modified U36B can draw on while under way. These remain the only road slugs constructed by a major builder, but that could change. The first 10 MATE's (originally SCL #3200-3209, later SBD #5200-5209) were single ended, and could only take power from the mother at one end. The second batch (SCL #3210-3224, SBD #5210-5224) are double ended, and can take power from either end, or in a third mode of operation, can be placed between two mothers and draw power from both. The double-ended MATE's have headlights and numberboards at both ends, the single-ended MATE's have a headlight and numberboards at one end only.

Photo Date:  4/4/1985  Upload Date: 2/4/2011 9:04:54 AM
Location:  Corbin, KY
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SBD 5785(U36B) SBD 5211(MATE)
Views:  1184   Comments: 0
SBD 5785
Title:  SBD 5785
Description:  A U36B slug mother, with MATE 5211, gets service at Corbin yard.
Photo Date:  5/12/1985  Upload Date: 9/13/2009 10:25:08 AM
Location:  Corbin, KY
Author:  Donald Albertson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 5785(U36B) SBD 5211(MATE)
Views:  433   Comments: 1
CSXT 5801
Title:  CSXT 5801
Description:  5801 is north bound at Waycross, Ga.
Photo Date:  12/30/1989  Upload Date: 6/3/2021 9:52:33 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5801(B36-7) SBD 5212(MATE) CSX 5201(MATE) CSX 5793(U36B)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
SBD 5212
Title:  SBD 5212
Description:  5212 assists CSXT 5801 with a north bound train at Waycross, Ga.
Photo Date:  12/30/1989  Upload Date: 6/3/2021 9:58:32 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5212(MATE) CSX 5801(B36-7) CSX 5201(MATE) CSX 5793(U36B)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
SBD 5212
Title:  SBD 5212
Description:  5212 assists CSXT 5801 with a north bound train at Waycross, Ga.
Photo Date:  12/30/1989  Upload Date: 6/3/2021 9:59:39 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5212(MATE) CSX 5801(B36-7) CSX 5201(MATE) CSX 5793(U36B)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
SBD 5215
Title:  SBD 5215
Description:  5215 is at Waycross, Ga. 11-21-1993
Photo Date:  11/21/1993  Upload Date: 2/7/2023 9:08:27 PM
Location:  Waycross, GA
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SBD 5215(MATE)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
SBD 5224
Title:  SBD 5224
Description:  SBD 5224 is at Plant City, Fl. in this 1986 photo.
Photo Date:  7/3/1986  Upload Date: 9/10/2015 7:11:38 AM
Location:  Plant City, FL
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5224(MATE)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
SBD 5224
Title:  SBD 5224
Description:  SBD 5224 is at Plant City, Fl. in this 1986 photo.
Photo Date:  7/3/1986  Upload Date: 9/9/2015 8:00:35 AM
Location:  Plant City, FL
Author:  Randy Chassereau
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SBD 5224(MATE)
Views:  272   Comments: 1
CSX 5224
Title:  CSX 5224
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1992  Upload Date: 6/30/2021 11:03:12 AM
Location:  Hamlet, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SBD 5224(MATE) CSX 5224(Unknown)
Views:  311   Comments: 1


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