SD45's

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This is data from Bowers: several units went to Morrison-Knudsen via third parties, were rebuilt by M-K and added to their lease fleet designated SD40M-2s, i.e. downrated SD45s. For one example, 1770 was leased to W&LE, then sold to National Railway Equip., which resold it to M-K. It was then leased to SP as 8661. The Roster doesn't tell how long it served on SP or what its ultimate fate was.

A review of this data, which came from N&W records, indicates the following served on SP, albeit via M-K lease: 1753, 1767, 1769 and 1770. I could have made it clearer that they served on some of those RRs via lease arrangements, not ownership.

This may not answer all of your questions, but I hope it helps some

Bill McClure


> Bill:
> 
> What do you mean by stating that SP  " . . . ran ex-N&W SD45s  . . . "?
> 
> 1.  Operated them to run off HP hours owed by the SD45s' owners?
> 
> 2. Bought or leased ex-N&W SD45s?
> 
> I'm far from a real expert in SP diesels, but SP has been my hometown 
> (SF Bay Area) RR from 1957 until UP choked on it .  I'd be very 
> surprised if SP bought any second hand and a little surprised if SP 
> ever leased any.  As the owner of the biggest fleet of '45s, many SP 
> machines went elsewhere, but . . .
> 
> Despite its troubles in its final days, SP rarely (if ever) bought 
> second-hand power, although it may have leased some (from Helm?) during 
> power crises.
> 
> Willing to be surprised, however.
> 
> Pete Groom
> 
> 
> On May 4, 2005, at 6:16 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:
> 
> > The short answer is that a number of SD45s were sold to other 
> > railroads. The best source of data is Bob Bower's monumental work: 
> > "All Time Roster: N&W Diesels", sold thru The Commissary. In the 
> > meantime, here is a list of railroads that ran ex-N&W SD45s at one 
> > time or another: Wiscinsin Central, Montana Rail Link, Paducah & 
> > Louisville, National de Mexico, Springfield Terminal, Wheeling & Lake 
> > Erie, and Southern Pacific.  I may have missed one. In addition, 
> > several were in various lease fleets for awhile. Some of those 
> > assignments were via leases from equipment dealers.
> >
> > . . .
> 
> > Bill McClure
> >
> >
> >
> 
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