tanawsomeguy55 if you are an "aviation person" what causes lift in the aircraft wing
umm im no train gu ro im a aviation person my self so ima say YOUR BOTH WRONG ITS A CHOO0 CHOO TRAIN
And BTW, Mr_Macho, you are wrong about not seeing them much anymore. I see GP-class engines every day. A huge portion of Pan Am Railways' fleet is made up of GP units. And many other railroads still have them today. They are far from uncommon. They are so common around where I'm from, I get sick of them.
Actually, I would say this is either an SD-60 due to the length of the short hood, or a GP-35 due to the fan placement. It is not an SD-40-2 for two reasons, one, this only has four axels, not six, and second, the porch on the back would be much larger on the SD-40. This is because an SD-40-2 was built on the (much longer) SD-45 frame. BTW, I am a total train nut :)
Being accuate, the length of the hood suggests GP60.
And I thought you guys were easy to fool. Proved me wrong. The GP series stood for "general purpose" and rarely do you see them anymore. The entire lineup was actually pulled off production in the early 90's. The description is off.
This is not a sd-40. If anything, this is a gp-40 or a gp-38. An sd-40 has six axels, not four like this
SD40-2? Niiiiiiiiiiice...One of my favorites. Huge CN fan, and can you make a SD70M-2? Its newer and also a good one.
The smoke should come out near the cab if you could :)