Dan,

After going through the photos of the SD40 that I have, a large number of the 90 SD40s the Mopac owned received a full repaint with the majority occurring in the 1978-1982 time frame. Some were not repainted and wore the original paint scheme until they were retired, etc. If you have a specific number in mind, I can look at my photos and see if it was repainted or not. I do have photographic evidence that 3039, 3051, and 3053 all had the “double eagle”. 3051 was interesting as it had it’s original paint in March 1975, a double eagle prior to April 1976, and full Screaming eagle with large numbers by January 1978.

Nate

@Dan Schmidt wrote:

OK…I’m going to renumber the 3039 I have on order to the 3044, and do the C&N patch to it.
I also have a #738 on order, and now am wondering, which MoPac SD40 was the last to wear its large Eagle on the side, and when did it loose it??
Just out of curiosity…did it get changed to an Eagle on the cab/large numbers on the side, or did it go directly to MoPac Canary, as some SD40s did??

Dan Schmidt