Amtrak P42... In phase III!?

[PerRock]

Ah, my bad - I could never keep the F45 / FP45 / SDP40F straight. Those look pretty sharp though. Some people really get their trousers in a knot over 'foobies' but like you said, I happen to find the 'Alternate Realities' quite entertaining. There's some really awesome ideas out there.

Well the easiest way to remember is that Amtrak never owned any F45s or FP45s. For their similar-nosed engines they had: SD40F, F40PH (& NPCU), F69PHAC, E60, B32-8WH. Although they are all fairly easy to tell apart. Here is a very basic run down:
F40PH - most common of that style
SDP40F - Longer then the F40,
F69PHAC - Similar to the F40, except the window comes the edge of the nose, loosing the little 'platform'
E60 -Very Short nose, longer then the F40, & Electric
B32-8WH - Looks like a regular freight engine

peter

 

[Klinger]

Ah, my bad - I could never keep the F45 / FP45 / SDP40F straight. Those look pretty sharp though. Some people really get their trousers in a knot over 'foobies' but like you said, I happen to find the 'Alternate Realities' quite entertaining. There's some really awesome ideas out there.

Well considering the fact that according the the Multiverse theory, there are an infinite number of parallel realities, where every choice ever made could be done differently, there very well could be a paralell universe near ours where the SDP40F's survived with a few modifications.....In fact, that gives me the idea to turn them into NPU much like what happened with the F40's later in their life.

 

[David35c]

Not FP45s. And actually I can answer more questions about them then he can. I built them. They are Amtrak SDP40F's, based off the EMD SD 40-2, delivered in 1973 and retired in 1979ish when the F40's came around.

Since only a few lasted until 1979, only a few ever received Phase III paint, I went a step farther, and added HEP ports and removed the steam generator effects and added required ditch lights to bring them into the 21st century. I'm a ScFi fan, so think "Alternate Reality"

I don't have them on my website yet, but TCR has them hosted

http://trainzcommuterrail.co.cc/index/

Go to Downloads, click the picture of the diesel locomotive, and scroll down to the Amtrak SDP40F pack. Also, go back to the main downloads page, click on the bridge, and download the Leslie SL4-T horn sound, its required to make the early units work, everything else should be on the DLS. I don't know how well they work above TRS2006, but they should work somewhat in 09, since thats what my tester used

Do the SDP40F's work in TS12?

 

[jacksonbarno]

I forgot to post this, but last month, I saw #156 in the shops outsode of Chicago Union Station when I was taking pictures of the Ex-B&OCT bridge. They looked like they were repairing her or something.

 

[Routebuilder]

When I rode Amtrak #164 to Philadelphia, #145 led the train up to D.C. My favorite heritage unit is 145, then 156, then 184, then 66.