As the Saying Goes...

[TrainWatcher]

There is a prototype for everything. Presenting NS 6814, (Built 12/1989 As BN 9207 / BNSF 9207 / BNSF 8107 Order #887033 Serial #887033-8) Safety-cab (Triclops) SD60M fresh from the paint shop at Altoona. I have to say, I didn't think you could make an already awesome locomotive look even better. Photo credit: M. Salter.



And yes, that IS a CR Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background

[Saturnalia]

Looks odd with the white above the windows without the number boards...should have left it black

[ns8401]

Looks odd with the white above the windows without the number boards...should have left it black

You mean odd like all the old CR C40-8W's that are the same way?

[CSX_CO]

I'm glad EMD didn't keep that windshield design. Can't see much out the front.

As with most things, what made it "awesome" to buffs, is a PIA to crews.

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[Y@]

BN Green > NS Black any day, but this is still cool. Better than being in storage/torched.

[Mr. Tops]

And yes, that IS a CR Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background

No, that's NOT a CR (you actually mean NS) Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background. That's NS 6917, an SD60E.

[ns8401]

And yes, that IS a CR Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background

No, that's NOT a CR (you actually mean NS) Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background. That's NS 6917, an SD60E.

Look on the other end of the SD60M, the two things with grey cabs over there in the distance are Dash 8.5's waiting to go back to Roanoke for modifications.

[CSX_CO]

And yes, that IS a CR Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background

No, that's NOT a CR (you actually mean NS) Dash 8.5 rebuild in the background. That's NS 6917, an SD60E.

Look on the other end of the SD60M, the two things with grey cabs over there in the distance are Dash 8.5's waiting to go back to Roanoke for modifications.

So a failed attempt at a fail?

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[Mr. Tops]

I guess I didn't know which "background" we were talking about. I didn't see that other crap back there on my phone, blended right in with the sky.

[J T]

I have to say, I didn't think you could make an already awesome locomotive look even better.

No locomotive can look better with the boring B&W NS paint scheme on it.

[SousaKerry]

Whatever paint you dip it in it's still an ugly wide cab to me. Whatever happened to the days when locomotive designers employed industrial designers to make the dang things look better and still work.

[CSX_CO]

Whatever paint you dip it in it's still an ugly wide cab to me. Whatever happened to the days when locomotive designers employed industrial designers to make the dang things look better and still work.

Those passed with "leave it to Beaver" and when mechanical forces realized all that "styling" made the things a PIA to work on.

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