Posted by Dave Blaze... on January 24, 2011  Neat shot....I thought I knew everything about the modern era Grande, but I can't say I ever recall seeing a nose logo with the color scheme reversed like on that lead SD45. Posted by Frank Orona on January 24, 2011  Very unique paint scheme for that Rio Grande SD45, thanks for posting Bill. Posted by Jason Eminian on January 27, 2011  Great display of some classic EMD power! Posted by Blair Kooistra on January 30, 2011  Looks like a lot of power for the Kaiser coal trains at Helper this day. Posted by Lizzard_45 on February 10, 2011  Dave: The 5333 was the ONLY SD45 on the Grande roster to have the inverted orange and black stacked Rio Grande. All the other SD45s with the bill board lettering had the black back ground and the orange lettering. This applied to all the GP30s (I think there were 3 or 4 that got the large lettering), GP35 3048, GP40s (and 40-2s) and SD40T-2s. Posted by Greg T. on January 11, 2017  The 5336 was also painted with black "Rio Grande" lettering on the nose. I have a photo of the 5336 posted.

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