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Re: Amtrak's ACS-64 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jul 28 16:50:32 2012, in response to Re: Amtrak's ACS-64, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jul 28 16:37:41 2012. which circles around to why vEs were sometimes a better bet w/2 prime movers. Also w/ freights single engine runs were rarer.A bit of PC/Conrail history. At one point new GP38-2s were ordered w/o traction motor cut out switches. (Normal EMD practice was for each of the four to be able to be cut out so the engine could limp back to the yard rather than park waiting for triple A. However shop work was so backed up on the bankrupts that engines would be sent out w TWO or THREE traction motors cut out. When the fourth... Classic, if you can't trust the crews to behave sanely, you prevent bad behavior mechanically. Sad. |
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