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eyepilot13 — SP LV, 8-20-92
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8/20/92: Espee trackage rights on the Racetrack at LaVergne. SP SD40R built in 5/68 (note the trad. SP light package! Nice!!) leads a DRGW SD45 (5330 built 4/68, rebuilt 4/95 to CPRail SD40M-2 5496), a tunnel motor and a BN SD40-2 on a freight.Related content
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This to me is what I love to see! A Southern Pacific unit leading the way
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I think this is one of my fav shots of all time! And the SP still has the full light package...Headlight, Pyle oscillating light and Mars light!
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I really like this photo! Yup..it's always nice to see a beautiful unit that has the full light package!
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It was really cool to see these at night! Once on the BN (before it was BNSF) an SP run-through came at night and I couldn't figure out why one headlight was blinking above the other! Then I saw the Gyro-light and it was so cool...better than boring ditch-lights!
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I wish I could have seen an SP unit like that at night. I have seen some units at night that have the Gyro lights, and those look a lot cooler than bland ditch lights! The first time I saw an unit with a gyro light, I thought I was seeing things until the unit got close to me.
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It's hard to believe all the railroads who had them, I know offhand CB&Q and IC did...SP was the last to give up that package. So much cooler than ditch lights that's for sure!
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Yup. I am glad SP was the last railroad to hold on to that cool light package. I wish I could see those lights again instead of seeing ditch lights all the time...
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I wish I could have been around when SP ran around where I live.
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I occasionally see a patched AC4400W, but its nothing to the real thing. One of my favorite toys in MSTS is my set of SP SD40-2Ts I found on trainsim.com
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The red Gyralite/Mars light I understand. But the second pair of headlights that the SP insisted were needed remains a mystery to me.
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They sure looked cool, especially at night... A lot of RRs seemed to have something similar back in the day...CB&Q and IC in particular. SP kept there's much longer and I was sad to see them go!
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Forever to be captured.. But never to be repeated
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YES! I know, that so sucks so much it makes me want to eat my hand raw! (but I won't, metaphorical pain!)
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Just add a lime and some salt and you'll be ok
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Bon Appetite (weirdo) 
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You guessed it..."weirdoo"!
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I was born wtebty years later than i was should have been
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That's how I missed out on F unit led freights and steam!
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how can you tell a tunnel loco from one that isn't? any good pics to do a side by side comparison?
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They have a big open screen on the sides in the rear close to the deck.
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I'm sending you a link to Wikipedia that shows Tunnel Motors, click on the picture and you can see the profile and how the radiator intakes at the rear are different from a regular SD40/45 [link] This article I think explains it really well.
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so basically the intakes for the radiator are close to deck level?
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Yes, to suck in the fresher/cooler air near the bottom of the tunnel.
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When I think of SP, a locomotive like this is always first in mind.
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And so it is, I'm in total agreement!
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Yes, they were replacing some of the tracks in the switching infrastructure leading into Cicero Yard. Very observant!
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haHA! (that expression doesn't write out half as good as it sounded in my head/out loud) how long are the panels out of curiosity?
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LOL!I'd say between 5-10 feet. Next time I see some I'll get a shot, or I might have some in the archives to scan in.
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yeaa I just wanted to compare them to the narrow gauge panel track that I've worked with before
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Isn't it a cool lash-up! Thanks!
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