Aging workhorses: Norfolk Southern SD40-2

Sharon pennsylvania based NS local freight C23 has a set of big power today due to a heavy run up to the WNY&P at Meadville. 2 former Conrail EMD SD40-2's lead an NS C40-9W with a total of 4 cars off the WNYP. It is westbound negotiating the S-curve at Atlantic pa.

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[DJGENEX71]

They may be old, but the 2 lead engines will probably still out-last the 3rd...

Great shot! 5*****!

[charlieb640]

No they don't. Sometimes railroads have reasons to shuttle power around.  Or, on the trip out it these three units may have been pulling 12000 tons but coming back just this short train.

But to answer your question again, no the three units were not required for this tonnage.

[MoeJae86]

@IIIJFRIII Just one?! Geez.... The DE30AC? NICE, Well at least you got EMD pulling those passenger cars instead of those GE Genesis... that pull our Amtrak Eagle Pass... Our rail transit system is very poor in Texas compared to you guys. We just got these 2 car Swedish DMU's, which are ok, but would prefer to see a EMD push and pull cars. Another thing is in my city, we have the no train horn rule. So we don't hear those freight horns, and I have to travel out of town just to hear them.

[IIIJFRIII]

@IIIJFRIII Im depripped of all cool trains lol!! If I go onto the main land my Dad seys NS, CSX and a few others can be seen at yards in NJ and on the main land, they dont come onto the Island. My Dads is a engiener. But its really all electric out here now :( . No cool trians here anymore. The short line that the GP38's is the only cool things you'll see but the MTA only lets them on the rails at night so you'll never see them. I worked next to the track for almost 2 yrs, saw 1 once :(.

[IIIJFRIII]

@MoeJae86 Thats so good and awsome to hear man! Im here in Long Island NY. The LIRR is the biggist comuter RR in the county, and basicly no friaght trian at all. The only desiels they gots left are a few MP15's. The other desiels they have are the DE30AC witch I hate so much becuase if ment for comuter only I think. They use the MP15 for the work trians. The LIRR sold all theyer GP38, FL9, and any other good ones to a short line that. I saw one GP38, and I worked next to the tracks lol.

[MoeJae86]

@IIIJFRIII Yah I know what you mean. Such great units, at least they are being rebuilt and used on short lines. Luckily where I live, Austin Western Rail Road has a handful of old sd60's sd40's, GP40's and even a GP60M that have the wide cab. (Although I hate the yellow and black paint job....) I see those five GP40's on daily bases working together pulling that limestone in gondola's.

[IIIJFRIII]

@MoeJae86 Damn :( . Maybe if I'm ever rich I'll have to buy used ones and rebuild them even stronger. I hate the new models of today that all look like the 3rd engien. 1st and 2nd though are classics like the FL9's and GP38s. The GP38 look like the 1st and 2nd engiens to.

[MoeJae86]

@IIIJFRIII If your talking about the first two sd-40 units, unfortunately no.

[IIIJFRIII]

Dose anyone know if they still make the 1st and 2nd model engiens?

[IIIJFRIII]

@DJGENEX71 I hate the way the 3rd looks, and all those that look some what like it. I love the first 2 and all the one that look like that. And of corse the FL9, but those are legendary classics.

[LOGINKPW]

What? No warning bells?

[MrTransman99]

@cj382 the horn sucks