Funny Tuniel Motor Editors Pick!        
This tunnel motor was outfitted with a widecab for test reasons, it was hiddin behind some other roling stock at the Transportation Technology Center.
Date: 4/19/2008 Location: Pueblo, CO Views: 5055 Collection Of:   amtrakswchief 4
Locomotives: DTFR 2003(SD45T-2)    Author:  Kevin Farlow
Funny Tuniel Motor
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Name Type Comments Date
Steve E General SD45T-2W ? 4/29/2008 10:16:52 PM
George Redmond General Interesting shot, Nice catch. 5/22/2008 4:37:49 PM
Dave Abeles General SD45T-2RM :-) 5/23/2008 1:14:34 PM
David Stewart General Nice catch! This unit has been used fro crash testing of the cab and such. It's showing marks here of already have been used in a crash. 5/23/2008 3:44:21 PM
Jenny Vaughn General Hmmm.... I don't know what to say. 5/23/2008 7:31:10 PM
Freightcar "1" General Say, "Funny Tunnel Motor" five times fast. 6/3/2008 10:26:48 PM
Matt Hagfors General The flaps over the number boards, crashed up front end, ripped open fuel tank. I think its been through a few. note the air tank behind the cab on the cat walk. 1/14/2010 12:53:11 AM
karl Hamilton General It was used to test climbers and run into, coal cars, containers, a log truck, a flatbed with a 40K lb coil of steel on it. That one looked unsurvivable as the engineer took a direct hit and the conductors side was ripped off and he wasa slammed forward. May ahve been 1 other wreck, can't remember. Test Dummies were used of course. It did climb a flat trailer train car, causing teh 5 th wheels to come up and the rear one caught the nose of the cab causing it to push the car on top of the next one, may have been a coal car, making a ramp for the engine to climb. . 8/23/2014 1:06:57 AM
karl Hamilton General B 8/23/2014 1:07:35 AM
karl Hamilton General BTW/It broke about 20 24 inch logs in half so was running about 60 MPH. 8/23/2014 1:08:35 AM
karl Hamilton General BTW/It broke about 20 24 inch logs in half so was running about 60 MPH. 8/23/2014 1:09:05 AM
Nathan Rentinson General where is this now 8/28/2015 9:18:56 AM
JD Anderson General Still alive and kicking @ AAR's TTCI in Pueblo, CO 11/23/2015 3:45:28 PM
Danny fortenberry General Sdm45-2 what it could be a thing =)=) 5/26/2022 4:07:13 PM

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