#SD40R

[eltristan]

Southern Pacific SD40R 7342 Los Angeles CA 1-11-1981 by Cody White Via Flickr: Here's a shot of Southern Pacific SD40R 7342 at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles January 1981. This is an interesting variation of the SP paint scheme that needs a lot of explaining. The 7342 was built in April 1966 as SP 8470 and was rebuilt in the SP M-99(GRIP II) program at Sacramento in December 1980. The 8470 emerged as SD40R 7342 in the paint scheme seen above. The paint scheme was a variation of SP's famous "Daylight" orange and red scheme. Both sides of the 7342 were different in paint separation lines and lettering color. The engineer side had gray near the top of the hood and on top of the cab. The other side was entirely orange and the separation between the gray and orange was on top of the hood, unseen from the ground. Management didn't like this and it was quickly repainted with the gray on the fireman side as well. The lettering was white on the engineer side while the fireman side was red. The nose wings had feathers on the engineers side and solid on the fireman side. In November 1981, an SD45 was rebuilt(SP 8837, BLT 9/66) and emerged as SD44R 7399 in another variation of Daylight orange and red. This unit had a solid red nose, white lettering on both sides in a single line(not stacked like the 7342) and the sides of the long hood were predominately red instead of orange. The 7342 was repainted to match the 7399 in November 1981 but the lettering remained stacked, although both sides were now white. Both units were eventually repainted into other schemes. The 7342 was repainted into standard SP gray and red in 1989 while the 7399 went into the Kodachrome scheme, then to the standard SP scheme. The 7342 was retired by the UP in July 1997 and was not assigned a UP number. Los Angeles, CA January 11, 1981. Unknown Photographer Duplicate Slide from my Collection.

[theadorable4-8-8-4locomotive]

Bonnie and Annie's Relationship(1984-Present)

Bonnie and Annie First Met in 1970 When They Were Different Engines as Bonnie Was SD40 8470 and Annie Was SD40 8479,Bonnie Was Built in March 1966 and Annie Was Built in April 1968,And The Two Reunited In 1984 With A Different Personality and Engine Class,They Both Were Rebuild Into SD40R's in 1980 and with different experimental paint schemes(Bonnie With an Experimental Daylight Scheme and Annie With a Olympic Paint Scheme)and The Two Became A Couple and Married in 1985 and Had a Male EMD SD40-2 Son Named Ricky in 1985 and their marriage only lasted a year when tragedy struck,After Annie Was Repainted Back To Her Original Paint Scheme She Was Involved In a Head-On-Collision On August 2 1985 in Westminster,Colorado On The Burlington Northern Railroad Line and Did Not Survive,After Bonnie and Ricky Found Out They Were Both Devastated and After Her Death,Her Ghost Came To Visit Her Old Railroad and Her Husband and Her Son to Give Them Her Kisses Every Day and Bonnie and his Cousin Alex Helped Daylight With Her Excursion and in 1998 Bonnie Met The Deadline With The Southern Pacific and Currently Is Operating As CITX 3096,In The End Bonnie Is Still Working with CITX,Ricky Was Killed In A Train Derailment As Conrail 6469 in 1995,Alex Is Currently Operating as EMDX 2816 and Bonnie And Annie Are Still Together and Annie and Ricky's Ghosts Still Visit Bonnie and Alex To This Day.

[collinthenychudson]

While a Tuxedo Cat perches upon the wooden railing of a farmhouse, a Southern Pacific Oil Can train led by SD40R No. 7363, SD40T-2 No. 8308, and U33C No. 8603 race on Eastward through the countryside.

Models and Route by: Jointed Rail, Auran, and Download Station

[20th-century-railroading]

Southern Pacific 7303 by John Shine Via Flickr: With all of the different styles of engines that the Southern Pacific rostered, it was pretty unusual getting a solid set of one model type out on a freight train. So I felt pretty lucky to find a quartet of SD40R's that had just departed the W. Colton yard and were heading Westbound on the Palmdale Cutoff between Slover and Dike Sidings in February of 1988. #7303 leads the charge still painted in the SPSF merger scheme.

[copperbeltrr]

The H.I, has been modernizing its fleet, with new SD38-2's replacing the worn out hand me down sd40R's as well as two rebuilt sd40-2's , the rolling stock replacement program is getting into full swing with the scrapping of the older 55ft bulkhead flat cars and the newly minted 73ft centerbeam and drop center cars arriving to replace them from national steel, with an increase in capacity to 286'000 pnds they carry over a 3rd more then their predecessors.

[aryburn-trains]

SP on the Ski Train by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: While skiers enjoy the slopes of Winter Park, the Rio Grande Ski Train heads further west to turn on the wye at Tabernash, then waits in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, until it is time to head back to Denver. At the appointed time, the Ski Train departs Fraser and heads up the grade to Winter Park to pick up a trainload of tired skiers. Today, because of a failing F40PH in the consist, Southern Pacific EMD SD40R No. 7323 takes the lead as the train curves out of Fraser on the afternoon of February 16, 2002.

[thefakeray]

My Best Grab Shot Ever by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: I was pacing this train in far northern California (Grass Lake) driving with one hand and shooting out the window with the other with no real expectation of what to expect when the slides came back. Several good slides of the train taken in the traditional fashion of standing with both feet on the ground came back -- and this one. That's Southern Pacific SD40R number 7372 on September 2, 1991. The engineer is watching me expressionless.

[20th-century-railroading]

Burlington Northern 6397

A pair of Burlington Northern SDP40's, the 6397 and 6394 with SD40R #7306 trailing are pulling into the Coors Brewery yard at Wheat Ridge, CO in December of 1990. The SDP40's were regulars on the "Beer Run" and as helpers South out of Denver to Palmer Lake during this time.