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This has got to be one of my best catches of the year, a blue TFM SD40-2!! What made it even better was that uhis ex Milwaukee Road. Think of what and where this unit has seen.
Date: 12/16/2008 Location: Fridley, MN Views: 418 Collection Of:   Douglas Hildebrandt
Locomotives: TFM 1417(SD40-2)    Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
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Jacob Nelson General Nice! Must have been nice to live down here and see all the good stuff that you have seen. 3/18/2011 1:00:21 PM
bob terry General here is a small tale ..I work for BNSF and this unit was in Pueblo, CO about 4 years back. We had a late night drag up to Minnequa with more tonnage the 2 GP-60-M's could handle. We added this to the point..long hood forward thinking no problem... well no head end device and the connactions didn't work no radio. Cab heat 2 strip heaters...those were put to high...Rain and about 30 degrees. The Switch foreman rode the cab..I was running from the secon unit. Brought about 75 up the grade without a "stall" and came back down with 80 from the mill...without this rag tag consist with this motor added would have been a long nigh...It helped us walk the dog and get up and back..and it was in the color scheme shown in this pic...have a great one... 3/2/2012 12:27:28 PM
bob terry General here is a small tale ..I work for BNSF and this unit was in Pueblo, CO about 4 years back. We had a late night drag up to Minnequa with more tonnage the 2 GP-60-M's could handle. We added this to the point..long hood forward thinking no problem... well no head end device and the connactions didn't work no radio. Cab heat 2 strip heaters...those were put to high...Rain and about 30 degrees. The Switch foreman rode the cab..I was running from the secon unit. Brought about 75 up the grade without a "stall" and came back down with 80 from the mill...without this rag tag consist with this motor added would have been a long nigh...It helped us walk the dog and get up and back..and it was in the color scheme shown in this pic...have a great one... 3/2/2012 12:27:53 PM

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