@TrainBub posted:Oh I DO LOVE THE FIRST TEASER !!! 😜😜 MOPAC to be done - is looking “official” !!!
EEE- HAAA !!!! Made my day !!!!
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Oh yeah TrainBub! I'm very excited for these. For anyone curious about Mopac's fleet, MP had (306) SD40-2s in total! (74) SD40-2s made in 1973-74 were in the early sawblade scheme. (232) Mopac SD40-2s made between 1975 and 1980 were delivered in the late scheme.
While I would have been OK with either the early non-DB, or late DB models (74), the non-DB SD40-2s being produced in the as-delivered late scheme are the most typical of Mopac's fleet (158 of 306, or slightly more than half of all MP SD40-2s).
The road numbers are survivors that lasted into the UP merger period in Jenks Blue and were found all over the system. According to Kevin EuDaly's book Missouri Pacific Diesel Power, these four were not repainted into the UP "canary" or "mop-up" scheme.
Pics of 3217 (Feb 85) and 3264 (Dec 85) can be found at the Screaming Eagle site:
http://trainweb.org/screaminge...oco_2gen_sd40-2.html
Pics of 3229 (May 89), 3255 (Jul 85) can be found here:
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/mp/mp-300.html
Time to get the layout planned. The office loop won't do these justice.
Thanks Jonathan and Scott!
~Tim
