Just got the new SD-50 (20-20181-2). Sound seems better than in the past but one thing gets me. Did NS run the SD-50 long nose first? I looked over on RailPictures and all but one NS SD-50 that I saw was short nose first. MTH has the markings correct for F and R and the engineer faces the correct way. The marker lights match the F and R markings, but is this how NS ran them?
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That certainly matches MTH's SD-50. It just seems weird.
Thanks very much!
Good Day,
I would suggest researching how many SD50’s where equipped to run long hood forward. My guess is there were just a few engines set up in this configuration.
Regards,
Swafford
http://www.nslocos.com/nssd50.html
http://www.jreb.org/ns/index.php
http://www.railroadforums.com/
I lived by Norfolk Southern in Morristown,Tn during the late 1980s and saw many trains led by long hood first SD60s.
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