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NSCALEMIKE
August 1st, 2005, 05:51 PM
One of the slides I acquired in the early eighties...of a SD40-2

http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/akv.sized.jpg
Stourbridge Lion
August 1st, 2005, 05:55 PM
Very Nice!!!!!!!

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chessie
August 8th, 2005, 02:57 AM
Great picture....

Unique looking for SD40-2's: winterization hatch, odd horn placement, and no dynamic brakes

Harold
JMPowell
July 6th, 2006, 02:47 AM
Great picture....

Unique looking for SD40-2's: winterization hatch, odd horn placement, and no dynamic brakes

Harold

All of these were standards on the Soo's SD40-2s I think. I have also seen the same horn placement on other Soo locos

Nice picture NScalemike. Bet that engine picked up quite a layer of soot soon after that!
Robbman
July 6th, 2006, 03:58 AM
A post 1980 SD40-2 no less... note the exhaust silencer, Q-fans and the inertial intake grill...

I should note... this is the as-built appearance. SOO had extended-range dynamic brakes added (a unique blister for post-1980 models)...
milw156
July 6th, 2006, 04:10 AM
Besides the Milwaukee wasn't Soo the only other railroad to order 16' (ok 15' 3/4") fuel tanks on their SD40-2's? I have seen photos though of both the full size and smaller tanks. I wonder if it varied batch by batch
Robbman
July 6th, 2006, 06:01 AM
Algoma Central and Companie de Bauxite du Guinea (Boke Project) also have SD40-2s with 3200g tanks (Boke also bought a rebuilt former MILW SD40-2 as well)

Kennecott Copper ordered SD40-2 with 3200g tanks, though these may be 3000g tanks (they are offset differently). These units went to BC Rail and are now part of HLCXs lease fleet.