Did any roads have a SD40-2"B' unit??

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Did any roads have this engine? I thought I saw one before be can’t remember. I think it might have been UNION PACIFIC or NORFOLK SOUTHERN.

Mike

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Yes. BN (and thus BNSF) had some. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?mid=194

From the looks of it, some roads shown on the site remove the controls and plated over the cabs, creating home made SD40-2B’s.

Incidentally, Santa Fe ordered some GP60B’s during the 90’s. http://leekee89.com/ATSF/EMDORIG/GP60B/330.HTM

Andre

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How’s this?

http://www.trainpix.com/BN/EMDRBLD/SD40-2B/7501.HTM

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=14233&nseq=4

Don Z.

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THANKS

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Now the proud owner is the CPR…we get all the good stuff.

David B

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The BN “B” units referenced were produced from wrecked units. Each on the BN units is slightly different as a result. EMD did not produce any as factory built units.

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As many said, BN had a few. One from BN made it over to the SOO.

http://sooline.dieselrosters.com/photo.aspx?lineageId=480&photoId=644

Also, ATSF had a few SD45Bs and SD45-2Bs.

SD45B

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=131527&nseq=50

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Union Pacific did actually order SD40-2B’s from EMD but cancelled the order. Missouri Pacific ran several SD40’s as B units while awaiting parts to repair wreck-damaged cabs.

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Several ex-MP SD40-2’s were even lettered UPB, the B was in front of the number on the cab.

Dave H.

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Haha, when I first clicked on that picture of the A-B-B-A SD45 set, I thought it was a model for a minute. I’ve never seen SD45s that clean before.

Cheers!

~METRO

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The February 1996 Issiue of Model Railroader has an article on how to build a BN SD40-2 B.

James

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I made my version of SOO 6450:

(click on photo to enlarge)

I liked this one because it was different than the other B units made from wrecks, they mostly just had the cab removed and plated over. SOO 6450 had its dynamic brakes relocated (or newly installed) where the cab used to be.

I had an article on making my model in the October “Model Railroading” magazine. It included prototype photos and a drawing by friend Patrick Lawson.

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The article was in the Oct/Nov 1999 issue of Model Railroading, which is still available.

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Oops! Left out the year! And I had the article right in front of me!