NREX B units

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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman

Where did the grande veranda porch come from on the first picture. A tunnel frame is the same size as a regular -2, so if you put a standard radiator section on a tunnel you should get a standard 40-2, yes? Could it be a sd50 frame witha 40-2 long hood?

Tunnel motors are longer than the standard version.

A tunnel motor frame is on the same frame as a standard 40-2.
Check out “The Field Guide to Modern Desiel Locomotives”.

If it says that, it is wrong. I checked with BNSF’s “Equipment Characteristics” (SP 8268 and UP 3769). The SD40T-2 is longer than the SD40-2. The SD40T-2 is listed as 70’-8" long, the SD40-2 is listed as 68’-10" long.

Huh? I’ve always heard that they were the same. [?]

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

UP did the same thing a while back with some SD40-2s. They added a B at the end of the road numbers, like 3434B.

I beg to differ, I recall UP putting the “B” at the beginning of the number, e.g. UP B3434.

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

There were several comments on the second picture claiming that the unit was ex CP.When did CP buy high hood SD40-2s. Did CP buy these from Southern Ry. or N&W?

QUOTE: Originally posted by Cris Helt

I think CP purchased the high hood SD40-2s in the early 1990’s from NS, painted over the cab windows, and refered to the units as “B-cabs,” or something like that.

Yep, Chris had it right, they got 'em from NS. They ran around in black for a while, with “CP Rail” on the sides, just like the white ex-KCS SD40-2s they bought around the same time that ran around with red “CP Rail” on the sides for a while. Most of these ended up in the DualFlags paint scheme, like sister unit 5478 that I got a pic of in Milwaukee last year:
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp

QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman

Where did the grande veranda porch come from on the first picture. A tunnel frame is the same size as a regular -2, so if you put a standard radiator section on a tunnel you should get a standard 40-2, yes? Could it be a sd50 frame witha 40-2 long hood?

The SD40T-2 is longer than the SD40-2. The SD40T-2 is listed as 70’-8" long, the SD40-2 is listed as 68’-10" long.

Huh? I’ve always heard that they were the same. [?]

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Yes, the Tunnel Motor is on a longer frame, approaching the length of a SD50 or 60. The SD45-2 is on the same frame as a