Portrait of an Old Faithful Steed.
When someone asks what the most reliable locomotive produced on US soil is 90% of people would say the SD40-2. This locomotive started out in 1972 in production and had a run that culminated in thousands of engines produced. This example here is SCL 8054. Built in 1979 this motor started out as the Seaboard 8054... It soon became CSX 8054, and ever since has been faithfully at work with a fleet of 40-2's and 40-3's that have better in service ratio than new GE ET44AH's. I froze the old motor at Canoe with a 1/13th of a second shutter speed as it lead W997 southbound. The ground flows beneath the sharp as a tack motor... A fun catch and a great looking motor!
Portrait of an Old Faithful Steed.
When someone asks what the most reliable locomotive produced on US soil is 90% of people would say the SD40-2. This locomotive started out in 1972 in production and had a run that culminated in thousands of engines produced. This example here is SCL 8054. Built in 1979 this motor started out as the Seaboard 8054... It soon became CSX 8054, and ever since has been faithfully at work with a fleet of 40-2's and 40-3's that have better in service ratio than new GE ET44AH's. I froze the old motor at Canoe with a 1/13th of a second shutter speed as it lead W997 southbound. The ground flows beneath the sharp as a tack motor... A fun catch and a great looking motor!