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dash 9 Gull wing cabs?
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TomcatVF-211
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June 2005
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dash 9 Gull wing cabs?
Posted by
TomcatVF-211
on Monday, June 5, 2006 7:42 PM
What is the purpose for Santa Fe purchasing their Later model GE's with the gull Wing roof, or more to the point why does the roof line need to be different?
Eric Strohmeyer
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SSW9389
Member since
July 2001
From: Shelbyville, Kentucky
1,967 posts
Posted by
SSW9389
on Monday, June 5, 2006 7:57 PM
Santa Fe served coal loaders that required the special notched cab roofs for clearance. Data from The Santa Fe Diesel Volume 2 by Dr. Cinthia Priest p 176 for the C40-8CW. On p181 is a note that the C44-9W cabs were notched to clear the coal loaders at the Springerville dumper.
COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, June 9, 2006 5:02 AM
Yep, we have extremely close clearences when we move through a dumper, such as at Springerville AZ!.
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CHIPSTRAINS
Member since
September 2003
45 posts
Posted by
CHIPSTRAINS
on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:34 AM
DOES ANYONE HAVE PIXS OF THE DIFFERENT "STYLES" OF CABS?? [%-)][#wstupid]
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