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Could someone tell me what type of locomotive this is? I was traveling thru northwest Iowa in January and snapped this picture of a local sitting on the siding.Thanks,Yours in Railroading,

Jerry

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It's an SD-9 with it's nose chopped down. See the air tanks on the roof behind the cab? That's the give-away...JBD

Jim Duncan
Midwest Rail Group

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Thanks Jim!Is there some site you can go to that kind of shows all the different locomotives? I used to have the book " A Diesel Spotters Guide" but somewhere along the way in my moves I have lost it.Yours in Railroading,

Jerry

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Is there some site you can go to that kind of shows all the different locomotives?Here is the loco in the (penultimate) livery of the WSOR:-I have used this site for reference on liveries for some time. It is regularly updated.
You might find it handy too:-http://usloki.tripod.com/index.htmRegards,
Bruce.

AustRail

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It appears to be a heavily modified SD-40 (not an Sd-40-2). It is unusual because of the roof mounted air tanks done to allow a larger fuel tank, doesn;t have the big porches of an SD 40-2 either. The grills in the hood side at the radiators are different from most and so are two of the fans. It could be one that a rebuilder lowered the horsepower using the 6 wheel trucks for weight distribution on secondary trackage like where it was located.

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Would there be some markings on the side that would tell. I am heading down that way again this weekend. It is parked fairly close to the highway. I thought maybe this time if I could stop and get a closer look! The last time it kind of caught my eye at the last minute. It is not always there tho . When I have been thru on other occasions it wasn't there.Yours in Railroading,

Jerry

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Well, being an old "Q" man, I think I have the answer, as the Q rebuilt some units just like that one; in fact, BN might have sold it to them.What it is is a rebuilt SD24, as the Q put the air tanks on top to give additional fuel capacity to the fuel tanks. Also, just behind the cab on the fireman's side, you see 2 sets of door louvers with a solid panel in between. This was where the turbocharger bubble was on the side; the solid panel was put there when it was removed. On some of the units, BN removed the air tanks from the top, leaving a easily identifiable "notch" on the roof behind the cab.So, in essence, they turned the SD24's into high horsepower SD9's. Now most of them remained as high hoods, but I think a couple were chop nosed.

Happy Rails,
Chaz
(BNSF Conductor)
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-08-04 AT 02:24 PM (EDT)

Editted for more info:Okay, I got the straight dope on this unit:Serial #: 25599
Bld Date: 10/59
Order # : 5606-2
Model : SD24
<1> nee-SOU 2503
<2> ex-SOU 6301
REBUILT TO SD18
<3> ex-PNC 1801
<4> ex-CNW 6623
<5> ex-WSOR 1801
<6> Floyd Valley Grain 1801 (eventually to become FVG 6623)Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
TKW Paintshop Technician

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Thanks a bunch Chris!Where did you get that info from? I'm pretty sure there isn't a web site for the "Floyd Valley Grain".Yours in Railroading,

Jerry

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Did the Fox River Valley own it at one time after SR did?

We need more Southern Ry and N&W stuff on train-sim,.

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That was a railway in Wisconsin that had former C&NW trackage.

We need more Southern Ry and N&W stuff on train-sim,.

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Looks like an SD18 low nose.

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>Where did you get that info from? I'm pretty sure there
>isn't a web site for the "Floyd Valley Grain". To be honest with you, I can't remember. I did a search on Google for "Floyd Valley Grain" and it was one of the results. The first result was the BNSF's webiste page of grain elevator's they serve, with the FVG elevator at Hinton, IA being one of them.Ah, found it: http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/25500.htmThe page says that it's FGV 6623, but they obviously haven't renumbered it yet (the other 2 FGV units wear a 66xx number). The WSOR Yahoo! group confirms that FGV 1801 is in fact ex-WSOR 1801, so all the info fits.Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
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