Mismatched Numberboards

[Bob Bufkin]

Guess there is a prototype for everything.

[davefoxx]

Hi, Bob!

Yeah, it happens.  Probably more than we'll ever know.  Here's a few that I've caught while trackside:



Dave

[Packer]

It seems to be a fairly common thing

I've never seen that paint scheme or style ditchlights before.

[wm3798]

Imagine that... same digits...different order.

[davefoxx]

I've never seen that paint scheme or style ditchlights before.

It's a post-"stealth" scheme but pre-yn2 ("bright future" or "hockey stick" scheme).  Here's another picture taken just seconds later, which explains why it's such a poorly timed shot and blurry, but, hopefully, it will give you a more thorough view of this old paint scheme.  This locomotive is CSX SD40-2 #8414 and is former C&O SD40 #7563 (nee #7463) rebuilt into an SD40-2 by the railroad in 1990.  These pictures were taken on January 12, 2008 at Aiken (Perryville), Maryland on the Philly Subdivision (ex-B&O).



Hope this helps,
DFF

EDIT: Hmm.  How about that?  The unit survives, as of January 2010, in its old paint.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1919365

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I've found that CSX is much more prone to this than NS, or most other roads, actually.

[wcfn100]

I was wondering Atlas would do this.



Jason

[pfs]

EDIT: Hmm.  How about that?  The unit survives, as of January 2010, in its old paint.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1919365

Nice...but looking at the unit behind....she may be at the paint shop:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1919366

[Ntrainz1]

Bob.