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Amtrak SDP40F Add-On Pack
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Mod Group, Legacy Livery
Regions: Global, North America
Prop Mods: Other
Train Mods: Locomotive, Diesel
Tags: america, USA, United States, Amtrak, sdp40f, EMD, Amtk, Amtrak SDP40F
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10 Sep, 2021 @ 11:01pm
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Amtrak SDP40F Add-On Pack

Description
(Requested by Leziaeevra).
(Requires Space's original SDP40F model).

(This is another retextured SDP40F, complete with four number variants that haven’t been made yet, as far as I’m aware).

The SDP40F was a diesel locomotive that EMD built specifically for Amtrak, and 150 of these engines were built in 1973 and 1974. They were intended to replace the aging F7A and E8A locomotives (amongst other types) that Amtrak inherited from previous railroads when it launched in May 1971.

Unfortunately these locomotives were plagued with various issues throughout their service lives; one of them being the numerous derailments, which were caused either by harmonic vibrations between the locomotive and coaches or water for the steam-heat generators sloshing about, which made the locomotives top-heavy.

Amtrak eventually got rid of their SDP40Fs, and they were either traded in to EMD (and some parts used in the construction of F40PHRs) or sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in 1984. By 1987, the fleet had been completely removed from Amtrak’s roster.

The engines that went to the Santa Fe were rebuilt for freight service, and re-designated as SDF40-2. These had all been retired by 2002, but one of them - BNSF 5976, formerly Amtrak 644 - was saved for preservation.

For more information on the SDP40Fs, I recommend watching this video by AmtrakGuy365:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75TM2JKxdc

(His ‘Engines of Amtrak’ series is very good, I might add).

Image Sources:

AMTK 503 -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25005098@N03/5576039952/in/album-72157626396377318/

AMTK 522 -
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=145004

AMTK 529 -
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4607566

AMTK 555 -
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2665794
16 Comments
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[HUN] Zlín Z-526AFS OM-ARU 8 Jun @ 2:11am 
Amazing. Can you make a North Carolina F59PH?
joaonasc33 9 May @ 9:18am 
nice! make a phase ii and iii next.:RLCoffeeMug:
Koko 9 Oct, 2023 @ 6:27pm 
why are you like this
Days / Years Later 9 Oct, 2023 @ 4:50pm 
Sadly the 4 Engines seen here were involved in a Derailment in Delhi, CO on November 19th 1977 and they were all Scrapped but their parts were used to build the new F40PHRs one of them being 281.
SpaceyKat 8 May, 2023 @ 1:55pm 
@natenunez0013, this livery was made for my SDP40F, it is still up on the workshop unlike most of StationMaster's stuff.
natenunez0013 8 May, 2023 @ 1:06pm 
it doesnt work. i think the liverykey is F45_ATSF_59445. it happened the same for the retroliner sdp40f in rails unlimited. i think liverykey F45_ATSF_59445 is stationmasters f45.
DC 4260 Productions  [author] 13 Sep, 2021 @ 12:48pm 
You'll be pleased to know that any futures re-skins I made of your models won't be recolours/renumberings.
SpaceyKat 13 Sep, 2021 @ 9:52am 
I'm not going to ask you to remove this pack but will say I don't enjoy lazy recolors or renumbers on my models.
A random Western Railfan. 11 Sep, 2021 @ 5:46pm 
can you take photos of ATSF 96 on my cactus map?
NSTrainFanYT 11 Sep, 2021 @ 5:25pm 
Just one last request, could you make an NS Sd60i #6746