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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Nov 2 11:41:39 2009, in response to LIRR Diesel Question ?, posted by JFK DEPOT on Mon Nov 2 10:31:23 2009. AFIK LIRR placed their order before the G-IIs were available for this sort of service. Maybe I am wrong. Terp seems to think so, so he may be right.LIRR did want locos with better specifications especially acceleration, and frankly they probably also wanted a better looking locomotive, and *that* is NOT hard to do. Of all NYC area locomotives, LIRR's are absolutely the best looking, which is a backward way of saying that ALL of the current locomotives are dead-ass UGLY. That LIRR did not realize the quality that they were anticipating is not something that can be addressed when the locomotive is being designed. (In ohter words, you can take your hindsight and shove it.) ROAR |
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