by lvrr325
Granted I don't know if you work for the RR in any capacity, but if you don't, it does seem odd to me that they'd release that info to just anyone.
That said, it probably would not be cost effective to rebuild it as an SD45 at this point - but to convert it over to an SD40, it aught to be no different than any other core, barring some kind of structural issues. Look at the cores M-K built into SD40-2Rs for Southern Pacific years ago - they used about everything but F45s/FP45s, and some of them were real junk when they rolled in.
That said, it probably would not be cost effective to rebuild it as an SD45 at this point - but to convert it over to an SD40, it aught to be no different than any other core, barring some kind of structural issues. Look at the cores M-K built into SD40-2Rs for Southern Pacific years ago - they used about everything but F45s/FP45s, and some of them were real junk when they rolled in.