From what I've been reading, the D&RGW did kind of write the book on the SD40T-2
They wanted a shorter, 16 cylinder version of the SD45T-2. So working with EMD, the SD40T-2 was born.
I don't know if this particular loco has any thing special involved, except maybe it's a good surviving representation of the D&RGW SD40T-2.
Mike.
My You Tube
SSW9389 Rio Grande only had SD40T-2s.
Rio Grande only had SD40T-2s.
I could almost agree with you Dave, according to rrpicturearchives, it was built in March of 1980!
It's only 39 ys. old! That's when our daughter was born.
How can they put such new stuff in a museum? .... asked the cranky and increasingly out of touch geezer.
Dave Nelson
Thats better. That darned snap track! I remember trying to keep it straight!
It looks like they will be fixing the highway they brought it in on, as well.
mbinsewi The video is a review of a CMX cleaning car ? I must have missed something. Mike.
The video is a review of a CMX cleaning car ?
I must have missed something.
Go back and look at it with your good eye.
Saw this on YouTube and thought it was interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AedZNZyE1oA
They didn't do a very good job connecting the snap track sections.