Reply to "Photos of New Lionel Rio Grande (or other) SD40T2 tunnel motors?"

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tcripe posted:
Looking at the 2018 volume 2 catalog, I didn't see any Rio Grande tunnel motors. Might you have mistaken the Wheeling and Lake Erie ones? They were bought from the Rio Grande and kept their paint scheme.
Terry

Small detail: W&LE kept the paint scheme, but they repainted them in a darker, more reddish shade of orange. Hopefully Lionel will get the D&RGW color right this time. They said they would, after receiving criticism. Previous Lionel offerings have been closer to the W&LE color.

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As an aside, Canadian National is the only Class One still operating tunnel motors.

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"Canadian National is the only Class I railroad in North America that is still operating hand-me-down tunnel motors today. CN SD40-3 No. 406, which was constructed as SP SD45T-2 No. 9171 in 1972, leads ore train U717 at Kelsey, Minn."

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