Re: CSX SD40-3 departed oakland heading east
Author: Gerry
Date: 11-19-2015 - 14:31
Foaming Foamer Wrote:
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> You guys make these out to be a super locomotive.
>
> This was just rebuilt from an old SD 40-2 at
> MotivePower in Boise, Id so it isn't that far from
> where it started. The cab is the only thing that
> is brand new. The rest of the locomotive is just
> torn apart, repainted, refurbished, then put back
> to gather.
>
> Also desktop control stands have been out of style
> since 2008.
See that train on a southbounder between Santa Barbara and Ventura.
Good to see foreign power on the UP and on the coast. Whata thrill..