ddechamp71
March 6th, 2007, 02:00 PM
Hello all, today I've a question dealing with the awesome DVD box "The Ultimate Tehachapi" from Pentrex, including 2 DVDs that display 8 hours (yes, eight!) of railfanning action in the Tehachapi Mountains.
At the beginning of the first DVD, maybe 3 minutes from the start, one can see a strange lashup at Kern Junction (and one can see this lashup again further in the DVD, somewhere between Bealville and the Loop if I remember).
This lashup is strange because of one of the units: basically a SD45 (chassis length, truck and fuel tank shape, flared radiators on the end of the long hood - but this loco is not a flared radiator SD70 because of what I wrote just before), but with a safety cab which is not exactly the same as the sample on a SD70/SD80/SD90: the nose's roof seems to be more sloped than what is provided on that types of locos, more looking like what is found on a DDA40X for example.
Furthermore, as far as I remember there's no input on this loco in the DVD, and I didn't see any marking on her, even not a leasing company logo (and the picture is too blurred to allow to read the road number). But this loco is unpossible to miss as she wears a deep blue paintscheme....
So today, my question, especially for those who watched this DVD, is: what are this loco history and features?
Thanks for all input!
Dominique, stinkin' cheese eater from France, modelling the Tehachapi Pass in Z scale (and wondering if I have to do some kitbashing on one of my SD45s:shade: )
At the beginning of the first DVD, maybe 3 minutes from the start, one can see a strange lashup at Kern Junction (and one can see this lashup again further in the DVD, somewhere between Bealville and the Loop if I remember).
This lashup is strange because of one of the units: basically a SD45 (chassis length, truck and fuel tank shape, flared radiators on the end of the long hood - but this loco is not a flared radiator SD70 because of what I wrote just before), but with a safety cab which is not exactly the same as the sample on a SD70/SD80/SD90: the nose's roof seems to be more sloped than what is provided on that types of locos, more looking like what is found on a DDA40X for example.
Furthermore, as far as I remember there's no input on this loco in the DVD, and I didn't see any marking on her, even not a leasing company logo (and the picture is too blurred to allow to read the road number). But this loco is unpossible to miss as she wears a deep blue paintscheme....
So today, my question, especially for those who watched this DVD, is: what are this loco history and features?
Thanks for all input!
Dominique, stinkin' cheese eater from France, modelling the Tehachapi Pass in Z scale (and wondering if I have to do some kitbashing on one of my SD45s:shade: )