RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2012 The B unit certainly has the RS2/3 cab profile. The Century 424/5 units were always quite elegant, in contrast to the 6-axle versions which were just big and brutish. On the latter, ISTR Trains doing a feature on the Monsters of Mingo Junction, mainly b&w pics of these locos. Alco always added value to the loco landscape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 ...and if anyone wants a C425 there is one for sale here http://groups.yahoo....g/message/54834 no connection - just info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 One each UP, SP, and CNW in 1999: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 One each UP, SP, and CNW in 1999 Though all owned by UP by that date. Where's the photo taken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Cajon siding on Cajon pass, with the north track (the one the train is on) in the old single-track configuration. And come to think of it, here's one from 1995 in Mojave, CA: UP C36-7, UP SD40-2, CNW SD40-2, Santa Fe FP45 (!!!), and another UP SD40-2. I believe this was a few months before the UP-SP-CNW merger, and the power consist is puzzling. I'm pretty sure the train was coal for the cogeneration plant at Trona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 CNW Also's sunset at Byron Min 1980 , by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr Just look at that B unit conversion Get thee behind me, Satan. I could vanish instantly into modeling the C&NW...must....resist.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 CNW Also's sunset at Byron Min 1980 , by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr Just look at that B unit conversion Cracking picture Tim! Sorry to nitpick but the former RS2(BU40) or RS3(BU41) isn't actually a B unit though - it's what the "Cheap & Nothing Wasted" called a road slug, basically prime mover unused, cab windows welded up and pretty much permanently coupled with the two C425's. Because of the fairly poor track conditions out on the "Alco Line", speeds were quite low and the C425's would have been 'wasting' amps but with the addition of the traction motors in the RS3, those amps were used up and converted into tractive effort! So it was according to Eric Hirsimaki "The Alco Line", anyway - a great read btw! That's a former Frisco GP7 in the rear. Nitpicking over - I just LOVE the C&NW (and it's Alco's!). Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I love the amount of soot on the RS2/3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2012 ISTR the C&NW drove on the left, too? Ought to appeal to us Brits for that alone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 ^^^ Definitely!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 This guy (SD40-2 ?) appears to have been repainted just enough to get rid of the logos. Or maybe they were vinyls just well cleaned off. At Toronto CP Rail (Agincourt) Yard in may 2012. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2012 This guy (SD40-2 ?) My limited spotting knowledge says you must be right - HTC trucks (3 holes in the frame each side of centre axle), two dynamic brake fans, three radiator fans, extended range dynamics, water sight-level gauge glass - tick. But, as the 1984 Kalmbach video 1st Generation Diesels pointed out - there's no substitute for finding the label! It says SD40-2 above the leading axle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 My limited spotting knowledge says you must be right - HTC trucks (3 holes in the frame each side of centre axle), two dynamic brake fans, three radiator fans, extended range dynamics, water sight-level gauge glass - tick. But, as the 1984 Kalmbach video 1st Generation Diesels pointed out - there's no substitute for finding the label! It says SD40-2 above the leading axle! Well spotted. Don't know what CITX is - presumably a lease loco hired in by CP Rail. Had the most amazing tour of the yard with a friend who used to work there. Very interesting but sadly we hit it at lunch-time so they was nothing going over the hump. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 My limited spotting knowledge says you must be right - HTC trucks (3 holes in the frame each side of centre axle), two dynamic brake fans, three radiator fans, extended range dynamics, water sight-level gauge glass - tick. But, as the 1984 Kalmbach video 1st Generation Diesels pointed out - there's no substitute for finding the label! It says SD40-2 above the leading axle! It's indeed an SD40-2 - in addition to your spottings the long porches give it away. But Conrail's SD40-2s didn't have HTC trucks...they had Conrail-specified older style Flexicoil trucks with two holes. And...don't put complete faith in railroad applied type labels. I've seen a couple of four axle CSX GP40-2s labeled as SD50s or similar foul ups... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 CITX is CIT Group/Capital Finance Inc, a leasing company. #3035 is ex Burlington Northern SD40-2 #7121 built in 1978 and about as bog-standard a forty as you can find, given that EMD stands for Every Model Different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 .......and GE stands for "Gawd 'Elpuz!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 ISTR the C&NW drove on the left, too? Ought to appeal to us Brits for that alone! In part, yes - but not universally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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