Overview

A Southern Pacific SD40-2 livery in the speed lettering paint scheme. History Following the 1988 purchasing of Southern Pacific by The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW RR). The new company came under the umbrella of Southern Pacific as they had better track rights and better agreements in regards to run-through power rights. The company subsequently merged the styles of the two and a model was presented to Phillip Anschutz (the owner of The D&RGW RR's holding company, Rio Grande Industries) and resulted in what is called the Southern Pacific speed lettering paint scheme - combining the styles of The Southern Pacific's "Blood Nose" livery with the previous speed lettering font of the D&RGW RR's Logo.