Former SP SD45T-2 in CN paint...look.

emd_SD_60 · October 30, 2005, 9:07am

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chad_thomas · October 30, 2005, 10:17am

Wow, I never thought I would see a tunnel motor in CN paint. But hey man, that is a sharp looking unit. Those CN colors look good on it. Thanks for shareing. [8D]

trainboyH16-44 · October 30, 2005, 11:53am

NO WAY! DMIR, eh? I woulda never thought of that. They look pretty sharp!
Matthew

trainboyH16-44 · October 30, 2005, 11:55am

Is that an IC E unit behind it?
I wonder when intermountain will release a model…
Matthew

rvos1979 · October 30, 2005, 12:42pm

Didn’t take long for CN to start repainting the old Missabe units…

Randy

oskar · October 30, 2005, 12:57pm

cool and shiney I would like it in SP paint better than CN

kevin

bnsfkline · October 30, 2005, 1:23pm

Hmmmm…I think I will paint my DRGW tunnel motor into CN colors…I have necer thought of a CN tunnel motor

ShaunCN · October 30, 2005, 2:44pm

well at least we know they will be around for some time now.

trainboyH16-44 · October 30, 2005, 2:47pm

After all, how many tunnels does CN have? Not many at all…

AlcoRS11Nut · October 30, 2005, 4:47pm

not bad…still like the DM&IR better

emd_SD_60 · October 30, 2005, 5:55pm

There’s the tunnel at East Dubuque, on the former CC.

espeefoamer · October 30, 2005, 6:14pm

Never thought I’d see a tunnel motor in CN colors.Now,if it was in the old green and black scheme,that would be really cool[8D]!

espeefoamer · October 30, 2005, 6:17pm

I like tunnel motors in just about all thier paint schemes except Uncle Putrid’s yellow[:(!][xx(]!

Anonymous · October 30, 2005, 6:25pm

As sad as I usually find it to see fallen flags get painted over, I have to say that that is one snappy looking locomotive! As the others have said, I never would have thought I’d see the day! Hopefully Shaun is right and they will be around for many years to come.

I second that one!

wctransfer · October 30, 2005, 6:31pm

[xx(] Pukes… This is a disgrace. DMIR just got violated big time. I really didnt think CN would ever touch these units. I never liked CN ( besides the WC side of things ) and now even more mad. DMIR was really cool, looked great, and now we are stuck with a noodle [tdn][tdn][tdn][tdn][tdn][sigh][censored][:(][V][B)][:(!]

Alec

ericsp · October 31, 2005, 1:43am

You might want to hold off on that. First, DRGW’s paint scheme looks better. Second, I think all of the DMIR tunnel motors are former SD45T-2s, DRGW only had SD40T-2s.

chad_thomas · October 31, 2005, 11:46am

I feel the same way. [;)]

ShaunCN · October 31, 2005, 4:00pm

well non of the WC SD45’s got repainted because they are to be retired as soon as the new CN power arrives. Anything that is reapinted is likley rebuilt therefore has plans for the future.

Anonymous · October 31, 2005, 4:23pm

Ex DMIR… wow I am speechless

Anonymous · October 31, 2005, 6:16pm

Like the great work here folks. Glad i found this page.