176-7617-S EMD SD70M CSX 4688 'Spirit of Tampa' - DCC-Sound option-set-146 Designed as a standard light

Designed as a standard light switcher by the United States Railroad Administration during World War I

Castle Street and Beach Boulevard

shift lever etc have a rich finish

it spent its final months at Reading before being withdrawn in May 1964

This model depicts a ventilated van but in use with the army in the latter half of the 20th century

176-7617-S EMD SD70M CSX 4688 'Spirit of Tampa' - DCC-Sound option-set-146 Designed as a standard lightIntroduced in 1992, EMD SD70M was a 4000 horsepower locomotive that ran on EMDs new steerable truck design, known as the HTCR II radial truck. This new truck allowed the locomotive to transfer its power to the rails more efficiently, which in turn enabled two SD70M locomotives to pull a train that would have taken 3 SD40 2s to pull. The DC brother of the SD70MAC, the SD70M was primarily put to work hauling coal trains due to its high pulling capacity.