All this about tractive effort didn't mean anything to us engineers. Some SD40's weighed up to 421,000 lbs, the basic weight was Conrail's SD40-2's at 368,000 lbs. The GP40-2's weighed …

Re: Is the SD70MAC the SD40-2 of Its Time? Author: rnb3 I remember a comment on the D-List several years ago that I think will hold true. The last high tech EMD/GE locomotive will be …

The 3000 HP SD40-2 can "pull past" the point where an SD38-2's tractive effort starts to drop off. Back in the late 1980s, both the C&NW and the Santa Fe each repowered one SD45 with a …

1. CSX EMD SD40-2 8130 built Aug. 1980 as SCL SD40-2 8130 and seen in Bensenville, IL Jan. 21, 1991. Ronald A. Pazzotta photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection 2. CSX EMD SD40-2 …

Here are a series of detail pics of one of Athearn's latest HO scale release of RTR SD40-2's. I bought one Chessie System SD40-2 # 7616. I am quite pleased with with the quality of …

Can anyone tell me the specific type of horns on NS SD40-2's #3201-3328 or specificly NS 3210. There looks there are two sets of horns on them, one on the high front hood and one the back …

Generally, the difference is that the SD40-2 has a modular electrical system, while the SD40-3 has a microprocessor control system. The SD40-3's are rebuilds of other units, so the exact …

ScaleTrains new SD40-2 models somehow found a way to my house yesterday and I thought I'd share my initial thoughts on these awesome models. I picked up a Burlington Northern model …

I have added many sets of working ditch lights to locomotives, including the SD40-2, and it is not that difficult. I'm making the assumption that you are using DCC in the instructions below for …

To break down the YN1 list somewhat, Road Slug 2236, GP40-2 6421, and C40-8 7509,7587,7589 are not considering YN1 units, but are still in a form of stealth paint, known as …