Re: (erielack) December calendar photo

[Peter Heimbach <plh_@_intac.com>]

and weren't those units first DL&W before EL?

"Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" wrote:

> Time for my usual griping. ;)
>
> The December calendar shot is actually pretty nice, though the lead unit is
> slightly blurred. A nice winter shot of GP35 2576 and SDP45 3652.
>
> Gripes?
>
> The caption! (what else?)  Let's see:
>
> 1) SDP45 is misspelled "SPD45"
> 2) "One of EL's 19 SPD45's" - last time I checked, there are 34 units in the
> series 3635-3668, aren't there?
> 3) Was the SDP45 really "developed by EMD as potential passenger power?" I
> thought it was just a simple solution provided to SP to meet there
> requirements? The EL unit was really just an elongated SD45 for the bigger
> fuel tank (heck, it uses the same body all the way back to that 5' plain
> hood section at the rear of the body), and was even classed an "SD45M" by
> EMD!
>
> Humph. :)
>
>         - Paul
>
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