Looks like an SDP40. Has that been rebuilt to SD45-2 standards?
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The engine is an SD45-2 that I believe lost its flares at sometime in its life. It was built for the Eire Lackawanna.
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Interesting locomotive. Just looked it up and it started as EL SDP45 3657. Rebuilt by EL with an SD45-2 hood and dash 2 electrical after a wreck. Became Conrail 6688 and has changed ownership many times since. But in this photo it looks like it has a forty series radiator, but now I see it's just an obstruction by a tree causing it to look like that. Very nice photo by the way.
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This picture does a wonderful job of showing how bone-chillingly cold it must have been out there. Beautiful snap.
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