
Episode 132: CSX Crazy 8s Runaway
Well There‘s Your Problem
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The SD 40 Dash Two: The Most Leninist Vehicle
SD means special duty as opposed to general purpose locomotives. The main difference is this one has three axle trucks, whereas the GPs have two axles. You can just put the whole thing in a meat grinder and then put it in the sausage casing, you get a class 59. It's shaped precisely to like meld within the arch of a Victorian railway bridge. They cross all cultures and nationalities - they know no borders.
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