It Ends Here
While I would have loved to follow D36 and its ex-SP duo around some more, that just wasn't going to happen. Once the train slowed to a stop at CP Veech, we grabbed a few more shots across the soybean fields, and headed back towards home. We had plans that night, and we needed to get that check engine light we'd acquired back at Lodge checked out. The good news? It was nothing! A knock sensor warning, one I've had before and one that is meaningless considering the hard bumps and rough roads from the day. With that clear, we both agreed it was a successful outing. Too bad that was our last one for a while, but, international borders and such...
Some interesting notes on these two SP motors is that neither originated from SP. 2690 was built as a PRR SD45, the 6202, and it moved through PC and CR with that number until it was sold to the CNW as the 6527, and then rebuilt to SD40M-2 spec for SP. Numbered SP8614, it lived into UP as the 2690, and keeps that number today after changing hands to NREX and now HZRX.
The 2676 went through equally as many names. Built as an SD45 as ACL1024, it quickly joined the SCL as the 2000, then the Seaboard as the 8900, then CSX, and wound up in VMV with the same number. It follows the same pattern as the 2690 after that - rebuilt as an SD40M-2 and numbered SP8600, then UP2676, NREX, and now HZRX. Reportedly, both of these motors are going to Hach Equipment in Painesville, OH. After that? who knows!
It Ends Here
While I would have loved to follow D36 and its ex-SP duo around some more, that just wasn't going to happen. Once the train slowed to a stop at CP Veech, we grabbed a few more shots across the soybean fields, and headed back towards home. We had plans that night, and we needed to get that check engine light we'd acquired back at Lodge checked out. The good news? It was nothing! A knock sensor warning, one I've had before and one that is meaningless considering the hard bumps and rough roads from the day. With that clear, we both agreed it was a successful outing. Too bad that was our last one for a while, but, international borders and such...
Some interesting notes on these two SP motors is that neither originated from SP. 2690 was built as a PRR SD45, the 6202, and it moved through PC and CR with that number until it was sold to the CNW as the 6527, and then rebuilt to SD40M-2 spec for SP. Numbered SP8614, it lived into UP as the 2690, and keeps that number today after changing hands to NREX and now HZRX.
The 2676 went through equally as many names. Built as an SD45 as ACL1024, it quickly joined the SCL as the 2000, then the Seaboard as the 8900, then CSX, and wound up in VMV with the same number. It follows the same pattern as the 2690 after that - rebuilt as an SD40M-2 and numbered SP8600, then UP2676, NREX, and now HZRX. Reportedly, both of these motors are going to Hach Equipment in Painesville, OH. After that? who knows!