Intermountain SD38-2 Announcement

[asarge]

We all knew this would come sooner or later.

http://www.intermountain-railway.com/currentflyers.html

[ljudice]

Beat me to it.... 

Great news.

Also more tank cars and BNSF Heritage 5161's

Also next SD40-2's are:

CP Expo                                        SF Snoot
Southern Hi Hood                         CNW
UP Snoot                                       Ontario Northland
Milwaukee Road
SOO

[Rossford Yard]

Very nice. I see a lot of possible purchases out of those road names, the J, CIM (for a short line repaint) and IAIS to name a few.

SD 38-2 would probably be more proto for a switching unit circa 2000+ than the SD40-2, no?

[w neal]

I sure hope the paint on the DM&IR version matches that of the long ago DM&IR tunnel motor release - a nice deep brown. Very likely not, but I can hope. DM&IR fans may recall the "SD45-2 debockle" of the past.

Sorry to whine Intermountain. I thought it best to mention it now and get it over with. After all, this is the Railwire.

[central.vermont]

I'm glad too see more numbers on the UTLX tanks as well as the new release of the NATX tanks too!!!!

Jon

[Philip H]

The hoppers interest me.  With the C&S heritage one I could do a weird time warp exchange with @Dave Vollmer

[Missaberoad]

Nice, as my user name indicates I'm very interested...

Also love the new tank car announcement UTLX and CGTX will be most welcome...

DM&IR fans may recall the "SD45-2 debockle" of the past.

Yeah that salmon colored loaf was very disappointing... I believe Intermountain got alot of flack from those...

We can hope they learnt their lesson (like Kato with the CP SD9043macs )

[basementcalling]

The hoppers interest me.  With the C&S heritage one I could do a weird time warp exchange with @Dave Vollmer

A surprised they didn't run other road names too. Finding plain old BNSF mineral red or UP cars on this body is now expensive on the eBay.

[johnb]

The SP units are a surprise to me.  There were 6 total, and were used as switchers in the Colton yard. Theye used to only have a slug between a pair, or an SD7 in the middle

[lock4244]

Yeah that salmon colored loaf was very disappointing... I believe Intermountain got alot of flack from those...

B-17's didn't encounter as much flack over Berlin.

[w neal]

B-17's didn't encounter as much flack over Berlin.

Pigs coming over the briney?!?

[u18b]

No family lines?
No seaboard system?
No CSX?

(Scratching head)

[mu26aeh]

No family lines?
No seaboard system?
No CSX?

(Scratching head)

That will be the second run, 6 years from now.

[jmlaboda]

I see a lot of possible purchases out of those road names, the J, CIM (for a short line repaint) and IAIS to name a few.

Lets not forget the two South Shore's unit...

http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=219081
http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=215212

Still a long time in coming (we all know how IM releases go) but it is good that someone has recognized that these units should be done in N!!!

SD 38-2 would probably be more proto for a switching unit circa 2000+ than the SD40-2, no?

Actually by 2000 SD40s started to see use as switchers on a lot of hump yards.  The greater horsepower, tied to slug, allowed larger cuts of cars to be handled compared to the SD38 variants.  I have even seen an SD50 that was in use as a switcher at Charlotte, N.C. which was even more of a surprise... though I have not seen this quite as often a SD40s in this use...

[sundowner]

Wow, no UP, they have like almost 40 of them.