Two of Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s SD60Fs recently acquired from Canadian National slowly roll through Coal Creek Junction to pick up a train of corn empties that will move south to the Dakota Subdivision out of Bismarck for loading. DMVW bought EMD SD60F Nos. 5500, 5501 and 5544 in October 2017, and they currently still retain their CN colors. Interestingly, Nos. 5500 and 5501, built at London in 1985 as testbed prototypes, are the earliest 60 Series built. Their builder’s plates are stamped SD50AF, but the 710-powered cowls are considered SD60Fs. Note that just like the SD50Fs, class lights and numberboards are mounted high on the cab instead of the nose, like that on the SD60Fs.
