RIVET COUNTER SPOTLIGHT: EMD SD38-2s 

Each release is an work of art …. To put so much detail in something so small

Just a little history lesson regarding yankeetown dock number 22. It was purchased by US Steel Cumberland Mine and repainted in the 2 tone blue to match Cumberland’s #1 SD38-2. These locomotives are still hauling coal today in southwest, PA. I drove them before I retired and loved every minute of it. Might be worth doing a run of them the next time you tool up.

I hope someday a manufacturer will run these in N scale. A certain company in the mountains has made a lot of promises with no results. I can’t speak for all N scale modelers but I’d like to say I think many of us would be happy to see the SD38-2 and other locomotives produced in N scale even if it means not being able to capture 100% of the road name specific details Scale Trains goes to great lengths to include on the HO models

I definitely want to get some of those SP units but those L&N units are looking pretty cool too! Definitely would love to see those in family lines paint!

The BC Hydro unit looks great as it arrived a few weeks ago. BC Hydro units (Southern British Columbia then to SRY Link) used an copy of CN Rail style Ditch lights on the 38's that we're used in the late 70's. As of today the 38's are not in storage and in use mostly on the Valley job to Abbotsford BC or to Chilliwack BC. These are better suited for pulling up the grades to the valley than the SRY #900's Sw900 that are on the current roster.

Can’t wait for these in N scale

Iowa Interstate used these for many years and I believe still do.

I really hope the plastic handrails from manufacturers can get ditched and take on the approach rapido has been doing with the B36s , RS11s etc and most recently RS18Us. Rapido has their flaws like anyone else but I do appreciate those handrails.

Would be nice to get the next run of SD40-2 for UP and NS in the near future.

Bessemer And Lake Erie would be awesome .

Love my EJ&E Bicentennial model.

Low hp 6 axle units are a niche item. Low speed drag and switching.

hello scale trains & it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks scale trains friends randy

Hi Drayton, I hate having to correct you on this one, but the the Southern Railway of British Columbia aka SRY...the SD38-2 units are NOT in storage at all, they run 24/7 for all kinds of duties. Of the 3 remaining , #381 is not a -2..its an SD38AC but the two SD38-2 #382 & 384 are running actively in duty never been stored. The #383 SD38-2 was wrecked many years ago and eventfully scrapped. Just a product suggestion here, many guys who bought the BCH units would love to see a rerun but in the 3 other popular Washington Group paint schemes. I'd like to see the latest scheme called the Meatball. Oh yes, best part is for your manufacturing side, No changes to be made, on the shells, just the paint.

Cool

Wow, you guys hit it out of the park with these fantastic paint schemes! I'd love to have the SP SD38-2 but it's 8' (13%) longer than my SD9's. What is the minimum radius for these locomotives, the AC4400 I bought is too long for my layout and derails.

I bought a custom model you can announce iowa interstate now

Will you guys release any sd70ace models?

Is the SD39-2 the rebuild of the 38 I see bnsf rebuild a lot of war bonnets

No NAR sd38s ?

You are wrong about the current SRY Rail Link (formerly BC Hydro Rail) roster @ 8:19 concerning operational locomotives on SRY Rail Link. "Haven't been used in several years." - I know this short line all my life. In fact I was just down at the head office this summer. The SD-38's have never been "collectively" out-of-service." They are currently active along with their new SD-35 from MRL as well. Here is # 382 with # 385 in 2023! ru-vid.comq6u6BSM_7oc Cheers. 😁

There is something missing about these models…. Oh, yeah. Now I remember. They need to made in O SCALE!!!

Will they

When I see a wacky scheme like Can Do America I need to hear the whole story of how that came about lol

I could run this with my bluebox SD9