#emd sd40t-2

[collinthenychudson]

It's about time I get down into building standard-cab diesels starting off with the EMD SD40T-2 in a Rio Grande livery. Original SD40-2 design by CraftyFoxe.

SD40-2 tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZIdTjv3F4

[marmarinou]

(via Grande, Really Grande | Rio Grande SD40T-2 5377 sits in the … | Flickr)

Caption: “Rio Grande SD40T-2 5377 sits in the IHB's Blue Island yard in Riverdale, IL back in February of 1977.  The tunnel motor is fresh out of EMD, sitting with an equally brand new Southern GP38-2.  The big beast will be hauled over to the Rock Island by a transfer run, then head west for its new home.”

Riverdale, Illinois

February 9, 1977

Photo by Bill Johnson

[collinthenychudson]

Towing an Eastbound manifest towards Denver, Colorado is Rio Grande 5371 and two other SD40T-2 "Tunnel Motors" as the train rumbles along through Grand County, Utah. No. 5371 would later find life working under Southern Pacific and Union Pacific with out being patched or renumbered. It was retired in March 8th, 2008 and was then donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum where the locomotive remains today. 

Models and Route by: Jointed-Rail, Auran, and Download Station