Athearn RTR 1231 HO Scale EMD SD40-2 Burlington Northern BN 8166 DC Switch Machine Operating LED-lit ground lights

Operating LED-lit ground lights

For Conrail

and former NW / ITC SD39s

In the mid 60’s C&O adopted a new simplified paint scheme with the large C&O initials on the long hood

They were built between 1966 and 1969

Athearn RTR 1231 HO Scale EMD SD40-2 Burlington Northern BN 8166 DC Switch Machine Operating LED-lit ground lightsAthearn RTR 1231 HO Scale EMD SD40 2 Burlington Northern BN 8166 DC The SD40 2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMDs Dash 2 series, responding to competing products from GE and ALCO. Reliability and versatility of the 3,000 horsepower SD40 2 made it the best selling model in EMDs history and the standard of the industry for several decades after its introduction. The SD40 2 was an improvement over the SD40, with modular electronic control