| Posted by on January 9, 2011 | |
Very interesting photo Whit, thanks for sharing!
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While this unit's cab is very plain, the sloping part of the roof is shorter which translates into more crew member headroom on the inside. The short hood appears to be very sturdy and should do well in case of a collision. I wonder if the cabs were built "in house" or by an outside contractor, as the NS Altoona shops does ? All things considered a rather nice conventional cab locomotive.
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| Posted by FSWood on January 9, 2011 | |
You know, it's funny; having grown up in the 70's, I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea of software upgrades to locomotives.
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It's alive....it's alive!
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This is not as bad as the NS SD60E, but are they all getting a new cab like this? Seems like shop designers are taking things into their own hands more and more now, and custom rebuilds of old locomotives will vary as much as us railfans' opinion of them.
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| Posted by on January 9, 2011 | |
It's as if they taken a GP30 cab and put it behind a lego style nose. It just doesn't "work" for me. Very interesting though.
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Nice, very nice! The cab looks like something built from a late 1980s GE dash-8 cab, but I like it, but the CSX paint job needs more graffics or stripes.
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It looks almost like it's gained a ex UP Dash 8 cab... You know like the ones that CN have brought off UP.
Well to me it does.
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WOW! And I thought the SD60E cab was ugly. I know I'm not alone.
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Oh my.... just an awful way to upgrade an engine huh!? Hope this "new cab" idea don't go ahead...
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Come on guys, where's the Air Conditioner?
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Hasn't anybody ever heard of "form follows function?" These new cabs don't need to be aesthetically pleasing, but they do need to provide a measure of comfort and safety for the crews which will utilize them. Thanks, Ward, for braving the frigid weather conditions to bring us a photo of this unique beast.
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The cab and short hood complete with control stand, air brake equipment, air conditioner and toilet are pre-packaged from MPI. Crash worthiness is improved with the new anticlimber and new collisions posts within the short hood
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What a future shock. I hope this is as ugly as engines will ever get.
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Im not sure which is worse, this or the SD60E, they are both terrible. I'd rather see them retired and sold then given this treatment.....
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Hasn't anybody ever heard of correctly citing the photographer's name? My apologies for the earlier mistake, Whit.
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Absolutely no design aesthetics with this rebuild, but the cab sure does look roomy for the crews. Form follows function, I guess.
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Love the GP30 lurking in the background, too.
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To more specifically answer the "where's the air conditioning" question, the unit is under the cab floor.
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Maybe they will sound good in notch 8 because they sure aren't long for looks.
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I agree. This is ugly. Sorry but I can't come up with a nice way to say it.
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Man, and I thought CF-7's were ugly.
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The lines of the cab and nose are just too sharp and boxy. It isn't pretty, may be an understatement. But at least CSX is keeping a classic EMD running the rails instead of sending her off to the scrap yard.
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Looks better than all the new safety cabs.
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Wow, now that is just hideous! I really hope they don't do more of these things.
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Uh hmmmm. Kinda ugly! I guess aerodynamics wasn't a consideration, nor was looks.
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This is ugliest locomotive after CF7 I have ever seen. The guy who designed this cab must have no taste.
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I changed my mind, it's really ugly.
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| Posted by on January 15, 2011 | |
I wish I could get a hold of the original cab that came on this. It would look good sitting outside my model train building. The SD40-3 looks absolutely great................from the back.
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That cab looks like the ones used on C30 super7s from Mexico. Looks very good to me, saludos Whit.
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I give CSX a D+ as far as styling goes.
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I disagree on ugly. It is different and distinguishable, so lot's reject it. I would go out of my way to photograph anytime. A different hood line is always welcome in my book. I give the shops a thumbs up!
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At least give them the thumbs up of saving these -2's. What would you guys rather have? Other railroads have been scrapping them or sticking them in yard service only. I give CSX thumbs up for re-using them and keeping them around for many more years to come. To be quite honest, ive seen much worse looking locomotives.
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Man its a rather conventional, mean, and odd looking thing. All in all it does look handsome though. However, I still can't stop thinking of legos or Gumby's Blockheads when I see the nose.
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I really like this new look of the SD40-3. I also would like to own the house on the top of the photo.What a view.
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