SOU "mini" SD45's

chessie Feb 6, 2004

  1. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    This is one of my favorite Southern locos... the first time I saw this loco, I thought it was an SD45... then I saw the "B" trucks.... but there was no GP45 [​IMG]
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    It is actually a GP40X... the forerunner of the GP50. I wish they had kept the flared radiators [​IMG]

    Harold
     
    chessie, Feb 6, 2004
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  2. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    Here's a shot of the radiator area:
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    Harold
     
    chessie, Feb 6, 2004
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  3. SLR 393

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    Two of those ended up on the St. Lawrence & Atlantic - chop nosed and now listed as GP-40-3's
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  4. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    At least they are still in use.... Too bad to see that they "ruined" the nose [​IMG]

    Harold
     
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  5. Alan

    Alan Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Not a very good picture, but here is one I saw at bakersfield, CA in 1998

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  6. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    YES!!!!!!!!!!! Long hood foreward,,, the way the Southern Rwy meant for them to be!

    Harold
     
    chessie, Feb 7, 2004
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  7. friscobob

    friscobob Staff Member

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    I would like to think what you shot were GP40Xs, the GP50 predecessor/demonstrator model. UP also had 'em with some sort of experimental B-truck.

    Good shots, BTW, Harold & Alan.
     
    friscobob, Feb 11, 2004
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  8. chessie

    chessie TrainBoard Supporter

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    Yes, the GP40X was a "minor" unit.... I think SP, SF, and Southern had them... Did I miss anyone?

    Harold
     
    chessie, Feb 14, 2004
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