Evening gents,nice to see a bit of Sunday action here. Old times if just for a day. Good to see a twofer from Lars ( here and at the Bar )
You know Tom I think to answer your question they will.On a strictly date basis they are already. In automotive terms casr are generally concidered a Classic at 25 years of age ( there is a whole new insurance cost at that point ) and at the moment going again by insurance terms over thirty years they are concidered antique ( again more bills in the insurance amns pocket )
Now going by whats in that picture. That series of SD40-2's were built in 1974 and the two C424's were built in 1964 so strictly by automotive age they are by definition both a classic and an antique.
Now in railfan terms any Alco's are Classics, so the C424's are a two fold shoe in, they are from a long dead locmotive builder,are fan favourites , and by the model type they were the first of the Century series of Loco's put out by Alco and MLW so the 424's are truly a Classic train . Now the SD40-2's are going to be a toss up. They are the right age to be a classic, but all things being equal they are not out of the regular service on many roads yet,and I imagine you will see them around for quite a while yet.Mind you there still are a lot of GP9's and some GP7's still in regular service ( over 200 GP9's on the CN alone )and those early GP's are concidered a bonafied classic train,another point is that the SD40 and it's later dash two cousins were the best selling locomotive put out by GM surly will be it's ticket to wide spread acceptance as a classic at some point/ Just my humble ![My 2 cents [2c]](/emoticons/icon_smile_2cents.gif)
Rob