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The blue side sill is the as built paint scheme. Another as built spotting feature is the road numbers slightly spread and sitting directly on top of the battery box doors. I saw three as built road numbers available for preorder, and that is what I plan on getting. Perhaps a fourth to renumber. The white frame stripe started to appear around 1989/90 IIRC. You will also note the white frame units have anti reflective paint on the nose. This also coincided with the number boards switching from white on black to black on white. I hope this helps. Jeff
Definitely helps. So blue sill for me.
Okay so looking again I see two differences in the artwork between the Santa Fe versions. The repaint version has:- lower large 'Santa Fe'- exhaust area on the roof painted greyNo apparent physical differences. Both high headlight.
What are the time frames for the Conrail blue sidesill and white sidesill?
I'm actually really surprised you didn't know all that!
Remember, it’s my secondary road.
So then still incorrect for 1980s rebuilds. At least for the numbers offered from pictures I've found.
Not sure if everyone noticed, but 6437 has the white star on the battery box door under the number.I forget the exact reason for it, but nice touch.. ~Ian
There's also a subtle shift in the cab reporting mark and some additional lettering on the front and rear ends of the side sill.From memory, some ATSF repaints also had change to the shape / style of the letter "a" or "e" but it's a little hard to tell from the artwork if this is the case on the SD40-2 or not. I forget which reference book I have that details this.@jagged ben I did find a 1993 photo of ATSF 5137 online still running around with as-built details that will suit my 90s needs nicely:https://www.railpictures.net/photo/226628/
They got the trucks right, of course, but also the missing grab iron on the short hood AND the "shower caps" on the horns.Now I'm wondering WTF I'm gonna do with my Intermountains.