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All EMD's ...
1. #433A @ Chicago 7/16/66 by Karl Henkels ('GP40' w/flare B-B, to IC?)
2. #434A no information
3. #434D @ Chicago 7/18/65 by Karl Henkels

#'s 434A-H went to the UP
 

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4. #434E @ Chicago 6/13/65 by Karl Henkels
5. #434F @ Chicago 6/13/65 by Karl Henkels



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/16 07:02 by valmont.

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valmont Wrote:
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> All EMD's ...
> 1. #433A @ Chicago 7/16/66 by Karl Henkels ('GP40'
> w/flare B-B, to IC?)

IC 3075.

Nice shots of the dark side. That second one has some APC's under tarp for the military buffs. 

The forerunner of black helicopters...
 

Are the SD40X these basically just SD35s with wings on the outside? Very interesting nonetheless. 

SantaFe9820 Wrote:
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> Are the SD40X these basically just SD35s with
> wings on the outside? Very interesting
> nonetheless. 

SD35s with flares, three 48" radiator fans, and most importantly a 3000 hp 16-645 engine inside.

They may have looked plain.  But they gave birth to the SD40 which changed railroading forever.

KG

atlas undecorated

atsf5704 Wrote:
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> SantaFe9820 Wrote:
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> > Are the SD40X these basically just SD35s with
> > wings on the outside? Very interesting
> > nonetheless. 
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> SD35s with flares, three 48" radiator fans, and
> most importantly a 3000 hp 16-645 engine inside.

Which makes them not "SD35s with flares,"  but SD40s.  They also had a different alternator than did SD35s.

Elizabeth

 

Betsy Wrote:
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> atsf5704 Wrote:
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> > SantaFe9820 Wrote:
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> > > Are the SD40X these basically just SD35s with
> > > wings on the outside? Very interesting
> > > nonetheless. 
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> > SD35s with flares, three 48" radiator fans, and
> > most importantly a 3000 hp 16-645 engine
> inside.
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> Which makes them not "SD35s with flares,"  but
> SD40s.  They also had a different alternator than
> did SD35s.
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> Elizabeth

Betsy,

The 35 series units did NOT have "alternators". The 35 series units still used the D32 Main Generator, which was DC with a commutator armature.  

The SD40X units were the test beds for the 16-645E3 engine and the AR-10 alternator.
The 35 series units were the end of the line for the 567 and DC Generators.

Interesting....all the SD's look to have triple clasp brakes

chitownjeff Wrote:
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> Interesting....all the SD's look to have triple
> clasp brakes

That's the way the original SD Truck was.

Cast iron brake shoes?