Sd40-2

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N&W had a plan to renumber all SD-40's and SD-40-2's as 6000-6207.  Whether
or not this had to do with the proposed C&O merger I don't know.

As purchased N&W SD-40's and SD-40-2's were numbered:

1580-1624 SD40's            45 units
1625-1652 SD-40-2's        28 units
6073-6207 SD-40-2's       135 units

Those units originally numbered in the 1500 and 1600 series - 73 units -
would become N&W 6000-6072 and the units delivered
as 6073-6207 =135 units - would retain their original numbers N&W 6073-6207.

As such N&W SD-40's and SD-40-2's would be numbered 6000-6207.  In the end
the renumbering of the 1500 and 1600 series units never took place.

Ed Painter, #70 - from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA

On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 11:11 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> The 3rd, 4th and 5th orders of SD40-2's were numbered in the #6073-6207
> series in order to align with the C&O fleet that was rumored to have been
> in the works at the time.
>
> Russ Goodwin
> Oakwood, GA
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> There are two separate rosters of SD40-2 locomotives.  1600 and 6000 tow
> 6200.  Is this because the 1600 numbering ran out or are the two groups
> very different inside or out.  Are there other series of numbers for the
> "same" locomotives like this?
> GP38s are 4100
> GP9s run from 500-920 or so where GP18 start (approximately).
> Thank you.  My curiosity is boiling over.
> Mike Shockley
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