OTHER Old SBD units

Good luck, John! Remember, CSX slugs were made from GP30's, 35's, 38's and 40's! They were usually paired with a GP40-2 parent. The paint schemes did not always match, but most were in YN2 scheme.

Harold

 

I got an answer now, from Chris Toth... L&N ordered them without handbrakes.

 

That explains why you can's see them in my pictures!

Harold

 

Is GP38-2 #2667 still in Seaboard paint? I have a picture of it from Halloween of 2001. The last I heard (6 months ago) it was still in Seaboard. Last one?

 

Here she is in '01:



(scanned image)

 

According to the Wither's CSX book, this unit is still in SBD paint.

Harold

 

Good to hear, but the next time it is anywhere near Huntington, it'll be Blue and Gold

 

Here she is 3/05 at Stanley yard in Walbridge Oh

 

Nice catch! I wonder if the "C&O" SD40 is still out there as well??

Harold

 

Bricks behind the wheels...

 

I've seen the railroads use spare knuckles as chocks.....sometimes a few big links of steel chain.

 

Wheel chocks... or attach to a unit with a handbrake.

 

Handbrakes are required equipment on locomotives, now, right?

 

Found a shot of a SBD unit that I had scanned a while back and never posted.

 

Nice shot, Richard! That brings back memories

 

Someone e-mailed me that 4601 (SBD) and 4617 (C&O unit) were still out there...

One of the members of an e-mail list I am on saw 4601 this week.

Harold

 

Seems to me that I heard/read somewhere/ sometime that ACL had ~550 diesels without handbrakes.