While I'm not too fond of another regional railroad being swallowed up by the G&W monopoly, I have to admit that the P&W Dash 8s look pretty dang sharp in the G&W paint scheme.
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Kev, when was the cab roof rebuilt. Interesting angles??
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Daven - they were built that way new from GE for movement through coal loadouts - I believe in New Mexico...
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This roof style, though not standard on these engines, was standard on Santa Fe C40-8W's & dash 9"s. Santa Fe ordered their 3rd generation GE's with this roof style so that these engines could fit under older style coal loaders. Perhaps this was done here for some sort of clearance issue on the New England Central.
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| Posted by K100DS on April 19, 2017 | |
Daven: the cabs were built that way from the factory. Santa Fe specified the modification for clearance purposes.
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| Posted by xBNSFer on April 19, 2017 | |
The cab roof wasn't "rebuilt." The roof is "as delivered" to the Santa Fe, who ordered early GE safety cab units with the so-called "gull wing" cabs with the "interesting angles" you noted, for the purpose of being able to meet clearances for the York Canyon coal line. The special order cab continued on BNSF DASH-9s into the BNSF years, but stopped with the ES44s as far as I can see.
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Looks like an ex ATSF loco with the gull wing cab roof.
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It's probably a former Santa Fe unit, which would account for the non-standard cab roof.
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The cab roof was that way when the unit was delivered to Santa Fe. It's the gull wing style cab that was put on the Santa Fe six axle Dash-8s and Dash-9s. All of the Santa Fe/BNSF B40-8Ws with the green wing cabs were numbered 560-582 and all were sent back to GE several years ago. Nice shot.
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That yellow just ruins an otherwise fine paint scheme. Wow.
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Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated! - G&W
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Many thanks for the replies everyone. Did the B40-8's ever work coal trains???
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The first 60 ATSF B40-8Ws, 500-559, came with the standard GE safety cab roofline. Subsequent locomotives of the class were delivered with the "gull wing" roof.
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| Posted by xBNSFer on August 5, 2018 | |
I doubt the 4 axles ever worked coal trains, but the Santa Fe just started ordering all GEs with the "gull wing" cabs "just in case." The 6 axle GE "Superfleet" units did work the York Canyon coal trains.
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