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Post by Wayne Snyder on Sept 1, 2017 10:59:33 GMT -5
Guys I know nothing about T2 units. The PHL had a couple of SD40-T2's units 50 and 51, What are the spotting differences between a SD40-T2 and SD45-T2? I'm interested in finding a SP unit to do one of these.
Wayne
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Post by fr8kar on Sept 1, 2017 12:35:19 GMT -5
The larger 20 cylinder engine of the SD45T-2 forces the blower housing, cab and nose forward on the frame compared to the SD40T-2, which has the smaller 16 cylinder engine. The trainiax site has several good drawings that you can compare side-by-side to see the differences in door layout, number of doors and so forth: trainiax.net/mescaleloco-list.php?dtype=UT&scale18=1&scale36=1&scale55=1SD40T-2:  SD45T-2:  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 8:44:26 GMT -5
The easiest quick glance spotting feature are the number of rectangular access doors under the radiator grills. SD40T-2 has two and the SD45T-2 has three. You can see it in the two drawings Ryan posted.
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Post by Wayne Snyder on Sept 5, 2017 9:35:06 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I'll start looking for a 40-T2.
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Post by Wayne Snyder on Sept 5, 2017 16:11:55 GMT -5
OK guys another question, Looks like Athearn does 2 noses, I don't have any good side shots of the nose but I can tell its not the Snoot nose. Anybody know the length? I know EMD did several lengths, I'm thinking its the 89" nose.
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Post by fr8kar on Sept 6, 2017 6:11:44 GMT -5
Here is a photo of the two locomotives: www.railpictures.net/photo/374719/According to the caption, "Southern California's Pacific Harbor Line rostered two SD40T-2 locomotives, and they are both in storage at their Pier A Yard in Wilmington, California. PHL 51 is the former Southern Pacific 8550, while PHL 50 is ex-SP 5412, which was Rio Grande 5412 before that..." Some of the features of SP's SD40T-2 fleet are detailed here: espee.railfan.net/40ttable.htmlAs little as I know of SP's tunnel motors, I know even less about Rio Grande's SD40T-2 fleet. The main difference I know is the DRGW units had 4000 gallon tanks compared to the larger 4400 gallon tanks of the SP fleet. If you wanted to do both of these, it might be best to start off with a Rio Grande model to get the appropriate features for PHL 50. If you want to see some SD45T-2s in action, alongside some of their SD39 brethren, come down to Alliance intermodal and auto facilities where examples of both perform all the switching tasks. |
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Post by jmlaboda on Sept 6, 2017 15:42:11 GMT -5
What SD39 brethren?
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Post by fr8kar on Sept 6, 2017 17:51:09 GMT -5
These showed up about a month ago:  Since their arrival they can be seen singly or mixed with ITSX SD45T-2s at the intermodal and auto facilities at BNSF Alliance Yard, Fort Worth, Texas. They are operated by the contract switcher that provides switching services at these facilities. BNSF handles all other switching and hostling at Alliance. |
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Post by sgoti on Sept 6, 2017 18:04:13 GMT -5
OK guys another question, Looks like Athearn does 2 noses, I don't have any good side shots of the nose but I can tell its not the Snoot nose. Anybody know the length? I know EMD did several lengths, I'm thinking its the 89" nose. Both units were built after 1977, so the nose lengths would be 88 (not 89) inches (vs 81-inch length for non-snoot noses). |
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Post by jmlaboda on Sept 7, 2017 14:44:20 GMT -5
I honestly did not know any SD39s had survived... great to see these old beasts still doing their part!!! I know they regularly showed on in consists crossing Tehachapi buried among other, more powerful units... but that was way, way, way back when I was much younger... (sure do miss those days...)
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Post by fr8kar on Sept 7, 2017 23:46:07 GMT -5
I honestly did not know any SD39s had survived... great to see these old beasts still doing their part !!! I know they regularly showed on in consists crossing Tehachapi buried among other, more powerful units... but that was way, way, way back when I was much younger... (sure do miss those days...) I was pretty surprised to see them that day when I pulled into the parking lot. The lead the IMF switchers use and the lead I work are parallel, so there are several times a day when I'm dragging a track with a couple ex-ATSF GP39-2s and the IMF job has a couple ex-SP EMDs switching out stack and spine cars. You should hear it when we are both shoving up the hill! |
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