NS high hood SD40-2 #1580 donated to TVRM

[David Collins]

The “Juniata queen” (as some people I know called it) NS high hood SD40-2 #1580 has been donated to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, it’s currently enroute to Chattanooga as I speak. This is a big deal as this unit had sat in storage at Altoona’s Juniata locomotive shops for well over a decade, and it pretty much became a staple of the Juniata deadline. Not sure if it’s operational or not. Definitely needs some TLC on the outside however from the pictures I’ve seen.

[Erroneous Monk]

I think this is their first NW unit so it'll be neat when they get it painted up...the TVRM guys are a class act.

[Talk]

It's an SD40 not a -2

[AARR]

Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model: EMD SD40 Built As: NW 1580 (SD40)
Serial Number: 31899 Order No: 5707
Frame Number: 5707-1 Built: 5/1966
Notes: Ex-NW, stored at JBS
Other locos with this serial: NS 1580(SD40) NW 1580(SD40)