SP SD45T-2 page: Locomotives painted into the "Kodachrome" scheme

SP Kodachrome painted SD45T-2's:

The attempted merger of the SP and Santa Fe railroads brought the proposed red and yellow SPSF "Kodachrome" paint scheme applied to various locomotives (and a few cabooses) of each railroad in anticipation of the approval of the merger. That, of course, did not happen. There were 18 SP SD45T-2's, both rebuilt (4) and unrebuilt (14) units, so painted. Two units, SP 9500-9501, were quickly renumbered into an SPSF number series as SP 6767-6768. Six of the fourteen unrebuilt units that were given the kodachrome scheme were later run through the GRIP program, but emerged in standard grey and red SP paint.

Kodachrome painted SP SD45T-2's:

Rebuilt units:

Un-rebuilt units:

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