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Nice photos! Quite an interesting cargo, thanks for posting them.
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Thanks for the pics, that was great!!!
I saw a 50 Ton GE one year and the guys who ran it thought it was a dog compared to the Alco they had!!
I like the look of that puppy dog too, that DM is in really good shape!!
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Thanks for the pictures John. I really like the little GE's. I'm sure this will look great after restoration. Would you tell us a little about this Mack tractor. To me, I would say it is in the DM-800 family, but a lot bigger than the normal road tractor, so maybe like a DM-880? And if it had planetary rears would it have a higher model number too? And last, what engine are you running in this one?
Thanks again for all your post, as they are always very interesting. Dan
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DanielD wrote:Thanks for the pictures John. I really like the little GE's. I'm sure this will look great after restoration. Would you tell us a little about this Mack tractor. To me, I would say it is in the DM-800 family, but a lot bigger than the normal road tractor, so maybe like a DM-880? And if it had planetary rears would it have a higher model number too? And last, what engine are you running in this one?
Thanks again for all your post, as they are always very interesting. Dan Dan, The tractor is a 1980 Mack DM821SX, factory E9-V8 400 hp & 12 speed Mack transmission. It originally had a 20K front and 65K rears, but we rebuilt the truck over a few years time and installed 80K Mack rears from a 1973 DM800, as well as a 23K front axle. The original tires were 12x24, but we changed them over to 14x24 Michelin XMP Radials. Planetaries were available in the DM822, and many RD822s as well were so equipped. The model designation and numbers were for the most part engine based, and had really nothing to do with drive train. For example before 1986, The DM821 would be an E9-400, and a DM822 would be an E9-440. Mack used different number codes for other Mack Engines, and another group of numbers for Cat and Cummins powered units. In 1985-86, Mack changed their numbering codes again, and it became even more difficult to understand. -John
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Crane, great looking truck and the load is a locomotive. Doesn't get much better... 
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ulf wrote:Crane, great looking truck and the load is a locomotive. Doesn't get much better... you said it Ulf  Fantastic snaps,TFS
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Nice pics luv the DM one sweet truck and loco !
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Great pics John! Unfortunately like I said I was extremely sorry to miss the whole move due to breaking down and moving the 345 clam. My buddy and I cut down the huge wire mill #1 around that little loco. It was parked right up against the loading dock where they must of shut her down some 35 years earlier. Glad she was saved.   
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Joe,
It is truly amazing how much that place has changed. I was last there in 2003, making preparations to move the 100 ton GE switcher out. I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii when it was finally moved.
Monday was the first time I had been behind the fence since 2003. I could not even recognize the place. It must have been a really bad site to think they have been there almost 10 years now actively cleaning it up. My brother toured a lot of the mill before they really got into the demolition phase. He said it was a sight to see.
Looks like the 80 ton GE will be getting cut soon too. At least a couple of the pieces from there have been saved.
-John
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Very nice... What is that, three foot gauge? It's always sad to see these old steel industries go, with the dedicated rail system and everything.
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I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing pictures of that truck. Great to hear this little loco went into a trust. Rowan.
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The truck still looks amazing after 31 years and can still do its thing when asked. That is why it is always fun to see Frank's working collection. We could attribute this to the Mack engineering of old but believe that your and Frank's mechanical efforts fit in their as well.
Glad to see that you got outside and had the opportunity to do a move for a change of pace.
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Excellent thread. Can't go wrong with old steel mill + Conforti DM800 + locomotive. I winning combination, to be sure!
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Great pictures and that is one good looking Mack......
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Great pictures. I am glad to see the Mack still working. I moved a GE switch locomotive in 1995 for Vulcan Materials. I will see if I can fnd the pictures. Ken
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Thanks for posting this. One of my favorite trucks.
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John, Thank you so much for the information on this DM821SX, and sorry for not getting back to thank you sooner, as I was out to South Bend to the ATHS show. Of course it was great.
All the best, Dan
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Nice pics John and your brother Dave. I came across Roebling steel on maps before, I am surprised it lasted that long with U.S. steel not that far away. Anyway Roebling has a little museum at the entrance of the mill, I think they have straddle carrier there, along with another GE switcher, and various mill peices.
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