CNW question

[Catt]

It's looking like I may just win a auction for a pair of Athearn bluebox SDP40s.They are custom painted for the CNW. My question is "Are they FOOBIES?" If they are they get a total repaint *,if they aren't they get patched for my Grande Valley Railway.

* and other things like a long ways trip through my table saw.

As usual all assistance is appreciated.

[MVW]

It's a bit beyond the period I'm interested in, but it appears to be a foob.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SDP40

Wiki lists 20 SDP40s being built between 1966 and 1970, with none going to the C&NW.

Jim

[MVW]

Funny, just saw the last line in the wiki entry about the unit donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. That's two blocks from where I work. Drive by it every day on the way home. It's in an old GN roundhouse.

Jim

[wcfn100]

Funny, just saw the last line in the wiki entry about the unit donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. That's two blocks from where I work. Drive by it every day on the way home. It's in an old GN roundhouse.

Jim

But the unit in question isn't there, it's in Osceola, WI.

Jason

[MVW]

Right. But the roundhouse is right where it's always been. 

What I meant was, the museum is in the roundhouse. But if we're going to be all word policey, I guess I should say the museum is "in and around" the roundhouse (and other locations).

Jim

[wcfn100]

Right. But the roundhouse is right where it's always been. 

Anyone reading your post would think that the unit is at the roundhouse in St. Paul.  I just wanted to clarify.


Jason

[Spikre]

 
  SDP40, 20 built:
  8 to GN/BN
  12 to NdeM
   no actual relation to the later Amtrak SDP40F.
  GN/BN also got some SDP45s,but no FP45s.
  rode behind Milwaukee FP45s on 2 different trains
  before Amtrak,the U.P. "City of Every Where".
  always liked the Athearn NYC SDP40 model.
    Spikre
     

[Catt]

There's an auction up for a New Haven SDP40. It just looks like it should have been. I could understand if Irv did these but they are both custom repaints.

I thought they were foobies but from the pics they look almost to good to not leave them CNW. Well I will know by 11:30 am tomorrow if they are mine or not.

(oops almost forgot)  Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.

[Iain]

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=360934&nseq=1

Fixed link. -gfh

[MVW]

Hilarious. I thought we were talking Chicago & North Western. That's the only CNW I was familiar with.

BTW, reporting mark for the Carolina & Northwestern is CRN.

Jim

[Catt]

Well, I got out bid.That's ok though I really don't need anymore projects. Once again thanks for your input as I did learn something today.

[Iain]

Hilarious. I thought we were talking Chicago & North Western. That's the only CNW I was familiar with.

BTW, reporting mark for the Carolina & Northwestern is CRN.

Jim

When Southern bought NS in '74, they merged Carolina and North Western into NS, leaving just NS.  Well, when Southern and Norfolk and Western merged a few years later, Southern renamed NS back to Carolina and North Western.

btw, the CRN RS11 was the only RS11 on the entire Southern system.