RE: (erielack) December calendar photo

["Fred Hyde" <olelena_@_tds.net>]

No, they were not. The SDP45s were EL originals. 

Also- there were earlier SDP45s...those for Great Nothern and SP. I
can't recall offhand if the GN/SP units pre-dated EL's first order or
not...the SPs were for Bay-area commute service and long-haul passenger
traffic and the GNs were for long-distance passenger trains such as the
Empire Builder. 

Fred Hyde,
Madison, WI

- -----Original Message-----
From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net
[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of Peter Heimbach
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:02 PM
To: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul); erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: Re: (erielack) December calendar photo


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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