Comments on: Awaiting their next assignment, a pair of EMD SD45′s idle in the CN’s waterfront yard at Windsor.

By: railwayguy

railwayguy — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:05:08 +0000

Love it, no chop nose ! Thanks Earl for posting.

By: Myles Roach

Myles Roach — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 02:43:15 +0000

More!!

By: mberry

mberry — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:52:01 +0000

High hood flares from the only two railways that bought them new (if memory serves), awesome!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:54:23 +0000

I sure miss that SOUTHERN paint scheme. Nice to see it in Ontario !!!

By: mile27

mile27 — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:08:42 +0000

Thanks, Stephen. Here’s what I found regarding the alpha character:

That’s the Locomotive Computer Check Letter. Here’s the formula from
Nuckles & Tillotson’s book “Southern Railway System”

To compute unknown check letters for Southern Diesel locomotives, the
following formula can be used:

1. Take any four-digit road number (add zeros in front of the number for
any two or three digit numbers).

2. Add the first digit, plus twice the second, plus third, plus twice
the fourth. (If doubling exceeds a single digit total, then add the two
digits in the total.)

3. Then take the sum and subtract from the next multiple of ten
(10,20,30,etc) which will give a single digit remainder.

4. Convert this one digit remainder to a letter as follows:
0=A, 1=F, 2=H, 3=J, 4=K, 5=L, 6=R, 7=T, 8=W, 9=X

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:25:12 +0000

Oh my goodness. this is nice Earl. Curious what the “K” means beside 3167?