Nostalgia & History > Farewell to Santa Fe's C40-8W

Three of them on an eastbound at Blue Cut in Cajon Pass back in April of 1993.

Adam

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Can’t believe they are gone. Nice photo, they sure were fun to see when new.

Posted from iPhone

Very nice, I agree hard to believe they "retiring" / storing Dash 9s already, seems like only yesterday they were brand new power....

rrartist Wrote:
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> Very nice, I agree hard to believe they "retiring"
> / storing Dash 9s already, seems like only
> yesterday they were brand new power....

Agree, especially since contemporary SD70MAC's and SD60M's are being rebuilt and in daily use.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

And the SD40-2 soldiers on, and on, and on....

atsf121 Wrote:
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> Can’t believe they are gone. Nice photo, they
> sure were fun to see when new.
>
> Posted from iPhone

You said it for me. They were striking in appearance when new. 
A very fine slide. Thanks for posting. --Kelly

They were great looking machines back in the 1990's, wish they were still around in bright paint.

Larry

ntharalson Wrote:
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> rrartist Wrote:
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> > Very nice, I agree hard to believe they
> "retiring"
> > / storing Dash 9s already, seems like only
> > yesterday they were brand new power....
>
> Agree, especially since contemporary SD70MAC's and
> SD60M's are being rebuilt and in daily use.
>

Plenty of MACs and 60Ms in storage.... plenty of DASH-8s still in use and many DASH-9s in use and being rebuilt also...

exhaustED Wrote:
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> ntharalson Wrote:
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> > rrartist Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Very nice, I agree hard to believe they
> > "retiring"
> > > / storing Dash 9s already, seems like only
> > > yesterday they were brand new power....
> >
> > Agree, especially since contemporary SD70MAC's
> and
> > SD60M's are being rebuilt and in daily use.
> >
>
> Plenty of MACs and 60Ms in storage.... plenty of
> DASH-8s still in use and many DASH-9s in use and
> being rebuilt also...

Not so sure about plenty of DASH-8s still in use.

PHall Wrote:
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> exhaustED Wrote:
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> > ntharalson Wrote:
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> > > rrartist Wrote:
> > >
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> > > > Very nice, I agree hard to believe they
> > > "retiring"
> > > > / storing Dash 9s already, seems like only
> > > > yesterday they were brand new power....
> > >
> > > Agree, especially since contemporary
> SD70MAC's
> > and
> > > SD60M's are being rebuilt and in daily use.
> > >
> >
> > Plenty of MACs and 60Ms in storage.... plenty
> of
> > DASH-8s still in use and many DASH-9s in use
> and
> > being rebuilt also...
>
> Not so sure about plenty of DASH-8s still in use.

Canadian Pacific, Arizona Eastern, CSX...

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