D9-40CW

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jacon12

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D9-40CW

Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:27 AM

I took this photo yesterday....

and I'm wondering when General Electric came out with the D9-40CW?
Thanks,
Jacon

HO Scale DCC Modeler of 1950, give or take 30 years.

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:03 PM

Dash 9's started appearing in the early to mid 90's

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jacon12

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Posted by jacon12 on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:04 PM

Ok.. thanks CSXMU..

HO Scale DCC Modeler of 1950, give or take 30 years.

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:56 PM

The "D" in D9-40CW stands for Dash. NS seems to use that nomenclature for their Dash-8's as well. The first production Dash-9's came out in late 1993.

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SSW9389

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Posted by SSW9389 on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:50 PM

And the CW stands for catfish whiskers! Other than the previous comment I have no strong feelings about NS motive power one way or the other.

COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 1, 2004 12:02 PM

CW really means C= 6 wheel trucks, W= wide cab
so a D8-40B would be 4 wheels a truck, and standard cab equipped!

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