L518's engineer sticks it in the corner as his tailend has just cleared the East Edmonton siding. Man, did this pair of SD40-2Ws sound great gathering speed in Notch 8 with 95 grain empties on the drawbar.
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.
