<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Not for sure but my understanding is at the time the SD40-2’s were to be continued in the 1600 numbers, however.<div>The proposed merger with the C&O would have caused major renumbering issues for the SD40-2’s in the 1600’s so the number</div><div>series was changed to the 6000’s.</div><div><br></div><div>I am sure someone with more knowledge can explain in more depth.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 17, 2024, at 09:44, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There are two separate rosters of SD40-2 locomotives. 1600 and 6000 tow 6200. Is this because the 1600 numbering ran out or are the two groups very different inside or out. Are there other series of numbers for the "same" locomotives like this? </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">GP38s are 4100</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">GP9s run from 500-920 or so where GP18 start (approximately).</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you. My curiosity is boiling over.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mike Shockley</div></div></div>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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