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Re: (Belated) Requiem for the R-44(Preservation?) |
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Posted by Train Dude on Thu Jul 19 10:17:09 2012, in response to Re: (Belated) Requiem for the R-44(Preservation?), posted by Ian Lennon on Wed Jul 18 23:42:08 2012. The issue of GE and/or Westinghouse motors is moot because both are interchangeable. Even Westinghouse and GE propulsion packages have run together with no issues. The air brake is another story on R-46 the Brake Pipe is 110 PSI but on the R-44 it was unregulated and varied between 130 and 150 PSI. There was some speculation as to which would dominate the other if they were ever added together but I never tried to find out. There were issues with the dis-similar door systems too but the real problem was making the R-46s respond to the Staten Island Signal System. That's where the real engineering headaches and costs were found. Will it be done in 2017? Wait and see. |
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