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KCSM Paints some SD40's in Southern Belle scheme

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Posted by BNSFandSP on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:49 PM

Apparently AmCal is upgrading their F59s, and from what I'm getting at, they're all retaining the 3000hp except for 2015, which has 3150.

Blue Alert! We're at Blue Alert! Aw crap, it's a nondescript GEVO... Cancel Blue Alert!

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Posted by YoHo1975 on Monday, July 30, 2012 3:13 PM

You are correct.

A slip of the fingers.

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Posted by beaulieu on Friday, July 27, 2012 2:50 PM

YoHo1975

It does look good, but we've have SD32ECOs for a couple years now, so it's not "new" to me. SD32ECOs are just SD40-2s on the outside.

 

Make those SD22ECOs as they have the 8 cylinder engine YoHo1975. Only UP's SD59MX and CP's soon to appear SD32ECO have been ordered or built with the V12 710ECO diesel.

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Posted by YoHo1975 on Friday, July 27, 2012 11:33 AM

It does look good, but we've have SD32ECOs for a couple years now, so it's not "new" to me. SD32ECOs are just SD40-2s on the outside.

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Posted by dm9538 on Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:38 PM

I love the paint scheme, I just wish they would've started painting them like this about 20-25 years ago, the time period I model. 

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KCSM Paints some SD40's in Southern Belle scheme
Posted by samfp1943 on Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:57 PM

http://ndem.rrpicturearchives.net/archi ... x?id=80490

Photos of the first of the repainted SD40's for KCSM in the 'Southern Belle' paint scheme.  Not use f they have been rebuilt, or to what extent they were upgraded, but

#3008 was apparently the first repainted at the Shops in San Louis Potosi, in June 2012.

IMHO the new paint looks pretty good on the SD 40.Thumbs Up

 

 


 

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