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espee481
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Posted by espee481 on Friday, August 22, 2008 7:18 PM

 trainfan1221 wrote:
I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this, this engine is in a picture in the latest issue of Trains.

 LOL i was just going to say that.  I thought it looked familiar for some reason!

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trainfan1221
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Friday, August 22, 2008 3:20 PM
I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned this, this engine is in a picture in the latest issue of Trains.
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trainfan1221
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:43 PM
What is sad is how rare it can be to even see a plain SD40 anymore.
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oskar
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Posted by oskar on Friday, August 15, 2008 10:58 PM

To this day I am still surprised it is still in C&O paint. I was able to catch it earlier this year with a fellow SD40, CSX 4607 on a rock train in Augusta. One of the best consist this year for me.

 

Kevin

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Railfan1
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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:11 PM
Yeah, I was quiet suprised.
"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"
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trainfan1221
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:33 PM
That was a great catch, C&O lettering and all.
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Railfan1
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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:14 AM
OK, thanks.
"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"
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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:07 AM
I would think that it's the original cab.  The now-faded blue paint was probably applied when the locomotive was re-numbered.
The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by doghouse on Monday, August 11, 2008 10:49 PM

 

Like the energizer bunny, those old EMD units keep going and going... .

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Railfan1
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CSX 4617
Posted by Railfan1 on Monday, August 11, 2008 10:02 PM

I saw this in Folkston last weekend. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1275215

It looks like the cab is "CSX blue". Is this the orginal cab or is it a replacement cab from a CSX YN2?

"It's a great day to be alive" "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, It might have been......"
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