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Any clue on roughly how many SD45's exist still in service in their original configuration? By original I mean they weren't de-rated to SD40-2 specs to prevent the engines from tearing themselves apart. Only SD45 I've seen was at the MOT in St. Louis, the Erie Lackawanna unit. Conrail retired it after it snapped the crankshaft and threw it through the block, which is how it sits today.
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Re: SD45
Most got upgraded to either SD45-2 or rebuilt to what MRL calls SD40R specs (basically SD40-2/3)MQT1223 wrote:Any clue on roughly how many SD45's exist still in service in their original configuration? By original I mean they weren't de-rated to SD40-2 specs to prevent the engines from tearing themselves apart. Only SD45 I've seen was at the MOT in St. Louis, the Erie Lackawanna unit. Conrail retired it after it snapped the crankshaft and threw it through the block, which is how it sits today.
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Yeah not many pure SD45's out there. I believe there is at least one SDP45.JStryker722 wrote:Most got upgraded to either SD45-2 or rebuilt to what MRL calls SD40R specs (basically SD40-2/3)MQT1223 wrote:Any clue on roughly how many SD45's exist still in service in their original configuration? By original I mean they weren't de-rated to SD40-2 specs to prevent the engines from tearing themselves apart. Only SD45 I've seen was at the MOT in St. Louis, the Erie Lackawanna unit. Conrail retired it after it snapped the crankshaft and threw it through the block, which is how it sits today.
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Re: SD45
I am not sure f they are pure but the Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western has i think 2 SD45'S and 2 SD50F's.
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It seems Washington Eastern (I'm not sure if that's the name) may have a SD45 or two (or maybe they're derated to 40's).
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IRM has Wisconsin Central 7525 and Great Northern #400 "Huscle Muscle" is around.
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lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
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Wow. I thought those were long extinct.astrovanman1989 wrote:lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
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Just emailed LSRRM and the station manager, Josh Miller, said that it is being finished as we speak and will be unveiled at the Northern Pacific Convention in July. It will then be shipped back to the LSRRM.astrovanman1989 wrote:lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
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Nice. Two Wisconsin Central SD45's will be operational. Need to get IRM's unit and pair it up with this one for a flashback to the 90's.Matt Short Line H wrote:Just emailed LSRRM and the station manager, Josh Miller, said that it is being finished as we speak and will be unveiled at the Northern Pacific Convention in July. It will then be shipped back to the LSRRM.astrovanman1989 wrote:lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
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MQT1223 wrote:Nice. Two Wisconsin Central SD45's will be operational. Need to get IRM's unit and pair it up with this one for a flashback to the 90's.Matt Short Line H wrote:Just emailed LSRRM and the station manager, Josh Miller, said that it is being finished as we speak and will be unveiled at the Northern Pacific Convention in July. It will then be shipped back to the LSRRM.astrovanman1989 wrote:lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
You misunderstood. It was repainted into Northern Pacific Black, Gold & Red.
Astrovanman1989 said that before.astrovanman1989 wrote:lake superior rr museum has a ex wc new np it is out being repaired and repainted as the rr has free time to work on it im not sure where it is
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Re: SD45
Is the Hustle Muscle still on display at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse in St. Paul, Minnesota, or is it operational on the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway? Either way, it's part of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society's collection, even though it's on loan to the MTM.MQT1223 wrote:IRM has Wisconsin Central 7525 and Great Northern #400 "Huscle Muscle" is around.
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I had no idea when I photographed this that it was still a "Stock" SD-45-T
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A Seaboard Coast Line SD45 #2024 was recently donated to the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and is still in working order with its original 3600hp EMD 645 prime mover.
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SCL 2024 is now VLIX 8924, the same number it wore on I&M Rail Link.MQT1223 wrote:A Seaboard Coast Line SD45 #2024 was recently donated to the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and is still in working order with its original 3600hp EMD 645 prime mover.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=4290179
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That's probably a transport/operational formality for shipping on foreign rails more than anything.Matt Short Line H wrote:SCL 2024 is now VLIX 8924, the same number it wore on I&M Rail Link.MQT1223 wrote:A Seaboard Coast Line SD45 #2024 was recently donated to the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and is still in working order with its original 3600hp EMD 645 prime mover.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=4290179
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