George Andrews Wrote:
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> The 3 EMD SD-45 demonstrators also had L - Shaped
> engineer's glass too. They were sold 2nd hand to
> Delaware & Hudson as their only EMD units ( at the
> time ), then traded to Erie Lackawanna for 3
> U-33-C's, which D & H was more familiar with. The
> L - Shaped windshields did make it into E-L
> colors; I don't know if they survived into Conrail
> colors though.

The six units involved in the swap were returned to their previous railroads prior to the startup of Conrail on 4/1/1976.

The three SD45s were included in the large group of units D&H sold to a dealer, then to Mexico, in 1978.

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