Comments on: Talk about being a little worse for the wear. Ex Southern Pacific SD40R 7353 sits at Mac Yard on 6/20/2004 Southern Pacific Railroad SD40R 7353. Built as road number 8449 in April 1966 on EMD Order 7861, it was rebuilt to SD40R 7353 in February 1981, retired from the UP December 23, 1998, later became NREX 7353, and later still became FWWR 2016 I don’t use another persons photo, but you can look up this locomotive on Google and see what it looked like in its prime. A beautiful shot of 7353 leading with Mt.Shasta can be seen at this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/350648048350702/posts/9314445285304222/

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:54:41 +0000

This has got to be one of the stragest beasts i’ve ever seen. Imagine this on a train….

what’s the paint scheme? rust.

Todd Steinman — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:08:31 +0000

Thanks for sharing Phil! If I were to use the modern terms, I’d say this was ‘rustic, yet vintage’ even in its NREX markings!