A letter to Atlas

[conrail98]

Yeah, if they're going to do another SD60 variant, make it the SD60I. It was about a 50/50 split between the M and the I on Conrail and those units did eventually make it into NS and CSX livery so you can have all 3 major modern eastern road names. Don't know if it went to later SD60 orders or not for other roads,

Phil

[lock4244]

SD60I was Conrail only.

[ljudice]

Here, here, I support the SD60M/I/E model idea....

However, as smart as NS is, I can't believe they did the GoRail unit without making the graphic  gorail.com...

The whole point is awareness of rail freight, so why not get people to go out and learn more?

[Robbman]

I'd be happy if they'd just fix the blower duct.  SD60Is can be reasonably kitbashed using an SD80MAC cab on the M shell... the recessed fans are a pain though.

[PGE-N°2]

Sure:



Sorry, it's an old, tired joke now.  Anyway, I don't know why they insist on emphasizing the stone-age brow on these locos with such high-contrast paint schemes. 

That's a pretty accurate caricature. They are definitely not always easy to look at.

[OHCR 4218]

Just wait, there is a rumor that the dash 8.5 project will use the Cresson Cab as well, although the first one dose not.

[bnsfdash8]

Just wait, there is a rumor that the dash 8.5 project will use the Cresson Cab as well, although the first one dose not.

It's not a rumor, it's true.

[sundowner]

Everyone wants all this new SD60 variants, I would settle for a CSX YN3 SD60m since Atlas only did the CSX YN2 last century. No Boxcar scheme thanks.

[High Hood]

SD60I please

+1

[PGE-N°2]

It's not a rumor, it's true.

  Whatever happened to the days when engineers could be artists, too? What would the great Raymond Loewy have thought looking at a devolved shape like that?

[lock4244]

Just wait, there is a rumor that the dash 8.5 project will use the Cresson Cab as well, although the first one dose not.

Yeah.. right after the dash 2 project 

 

[primavw]

While I don't like the excessive brow overhang, it seems like a nod to older EMD Spartan cabs... it isn't my favorite but they are on the rails, therefore I desire to model them.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Whatever happened to the days when engineers could be artists, too? What would the great Raymond Loewy have thought looking at a devolved shape like that?

I don't think they're that bad. I think WE think they're bad because they look odd compared to what we're used to.

[Greyryder]

Wide nosed cabs always look odd, eyebrows or no.

[peteski]

Wide nosed cabs always look odd, eyebrows or no.

Weren't all the old (and elegant looking) E, F, and lots of other similar locos all wide cabs too?