“Off the Showroom Floor…Almost” This pair of Chessie System units looks to have seen some very limited revenue service, but, having just been built in August, they certainly hadn’t been on the property for long, when photographed at Brunswick Yard on October 21, 1984.
•CS/B&O SD50 8593, built 08/09/1984, B/N=837081-18, delivered 08/27/1984 •CS/B&O SD50 8590, built 08/07/1984, B/N=837081-15, delivered 08/24/1984
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.
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