RE: (erielack) December calendar photo

["Michael Dye" <luxpan_@_hotmail.com>]

If I remember correctly, I read that the main reason that EMD pushed the 
SDP45 as a separate unit was to avoid the price freeze that Nixon had placed 
upon the U.S. economy. New versions of existing products, had to be sold at 
the same price as the original. "New" product lines weren't subject to this 
restraint. So, to get around that hang-up, the SDP45 was considered a "New" 
product, even though it was just a SD45 with a long frame.

Of course, SP and GN used the extra space for steam generators, and the EL 
used the length to hang the 3000 gal fuel tank.

Michael Dye ELHS #1516

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net

> > 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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