Norfolk Southern has been upgrading its fleet of SD40-2's with various improvements... including new cabs (in some cases, going from High nose to Low nose), short hood forward, cab A/C, and electronic parking brakes.... Harold
Here's a photo of an ex-N&W unit.. repainted in the newest scheme with the upgrades: NS 6131 shows off its latest updates Harold
Here's a close up of the cab, showing many of the upgrades: NS 6131 shows off its latest updates Harold
Yes, the cabs appear to be clones of the factory EMD cabs. I saw a picture of Altoona shops and they had a bunch of cabs lined up on the ground. Harold
Just goes to show, even after 40 yrs on the rails you can't kill a SD40-2. I just wonder how much duct tape was actually painted over instead of repairing the rust holes.
I saw on the Altoonaworks website that NS has a new cab for the SD40-2's... it has a slanted windshield and protruding numberboards... Harold
Here's a link to the picture (I hope it works, it is ugly....): Incompatible Browser | Facebook Harold