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General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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 #94034  by emd_SD_60
 
Here are some trademarks I have discovered about some railroads:

Conrail- the red classification lights on the noses/Flexicoils on SD40-2's and SD50's
Southern Pacific- rooftop air conditioners/MARS lights/Tunnel motors
Santa Fe- rooftop air conditioners/Warbonnets
Southern/Norfolk and Western- high short hoods
Missouri Pacific- no dynamic brakes
Seaboard- nose mounted headlights
Canadian National- Draper Tapers/Snow hatches behind the cabs on SD40's
Illinois Central- same as Missouri Pacific
Chicago North Western- nose mounted bells

Feel free to share any of your discoveries. :wink:

 #94039  by emd_SD_60
 
Here's a couple too:

Florida East Coast- GP40's (until recently, when the SD40-2's showed up)
EJE- SD38's
Erie Lackawanna- horns mounted right above the engineer's front window

 #94145  by txbritt
 
Arkansas and Missouri - C-420's - Hand polished brass bells

TxBritt

 #94198  by SRS125
 
CN Wide Cab GP38-2W's, GP40-2W's, and SD40-2W's.
CN SW1200RS's with Flexicoil road trucks.
National De Mexico's Long flute single chime air horns.

 #94208  by emd_SD_60
 
NS- Spartan cab Dash 9's

 #94318  by SRS125
 
How about ALCO's Diesal Locomotives pouring out all that Black Smoke :P

 #94431  by glennk419
 
Reading Railroad - rain gutters on cab roof of diesel hood units
Erie / EL cab units - bug deflectors above headlight

 #94463  by Joe
 
CN- Snow cover things above intakes behind standard cabs. That's how you can tell the ex-CN BNSF SD40-2s from regular ones.

 #94590  by SRS125
 
piece behind the cab on CN units are called All-Weather shields.
 #94600  by GOLDEN-ARM
 
SOUTHERN RAILWAY & NORFOLK & WESTERN, PLASTIC BAG, AND A BUCKET, INSTEAD OF A TOILET.

 #94612  by The S.P. Caboose
 
Denver and Rio Grande Western - Tunnel Motors :P

 #94617  by SRS125
 
CP Rail's so called EMD "Red Barns"

 #97702  by Lehigh Valley Railroad
 
LV and RRRR. Shades on thier "pups"

 #97806  by SRS125
 
ahh the many shades and colors of the Lehigh Valley not all of them were alike or the same shade of red.

 #99398  by emd_SD_60
 
Northern Pacific- the yin-yang. :wink: