Two NS high hood SD40-2s sit in Homestead Yard in Oregon.
Set up on remote controls, NS (ex-N&W) 1626 pauses at the yard tower while switching Oakwood Yard as night falls in Detroit.
NS 1626, 6183, and 5017 share the wait on the repair tracks with UP 2856.
Built in Sept. 1973 for N&W and correctly oriented as long hood forward SD40-2 1626 leads another high-hood, long hood forward stable mate in the ongoing service of a new master some 36 years into... (more)