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What Am I? (Diesels & Electrics)

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METRO
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What Am I? (Diesels & Electrics)
Posted by METRO on Sunday, April 4, 2004 1:08 PM

For all of those out there who don't know our steam (like me,) I've got a good diesel to start a diesels & electrics what am I.

Ok here goes, whoever gets it gets to post the next one, or if no one gets it within 48 hours the questioner rolls again.

"I am the one and only on my line.
I am fought the EMD E-series.
I pulled in the midwest.
I had a face change, to look more like the competition.
Who am I?"
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 8:12 PM
Is it that one snub-nosed AT&SF Chief? (sorry, don't know its exact name.)
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 4, 2004 8:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by METRO

...I am fought the EMD E-series...


I assume you meant "from" instead of "fought".

Are you referring to those B units that CNW grafted cabs onto? What did they call 'em... Crandal Cabs?

---jps
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METRO
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Posted by METRO on Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:27 PM
Nope, I ment "I fought the E-series". This unit was made to in direct competiton to the E-Series.

and here's one more clue:
"My series was one of the few passenger locomotive series produced durring WW2"
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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:31 PM
Alco DL109?

Gordon

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Posted by AggroJones on Sunday, April 4, 2004 11:36 PM
Alco PA-1?

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

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Posted by METRO on Monday, April 5, 2004 12:12 AM
getting there, but the PA-1 was postwar
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METRO
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Posted by METRO on Monday, April 5, 2004 12:14 AM
Hey Alco DL-109! woo! Winner CP5415! The exact unit I was thinking of was the Milwaukee Road's single DL-109 that eventually had an EMD-style cab put on it.
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 2:27 PM
Ok, this one's a gimme!

I'm a one & only!
Pulled in the east!
I fought GE, EMD & Alco!
I had a face modification!
I currently sit in a museum!
Who am I?

Good luck

Gordon

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Posted by ndbprr on Monday, April 5, 2004 3:18 PM
That is the B&O's first diesel and is in the museum in Baltimore. Didn't it have a grade crossing accident resulting in a new nose? For a minute I thought it might be the Ingalls GM&O engine but I don't think that was saved.
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 3:22 PM
I didn't belong to the B&O or the GM&O

Gordon

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 5, 2004 4:41 PM
We're you a baldwin?

DOGGY
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CP5415
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 5:23 PM
Nope no Baldwin Brothers here
HINT! I'm a cousin of Alco

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Posted by pmsteamman on Monday, April 5, 2004 5:53 PM
Ingersol-Rand???
Highball....Train looks good device in place!!
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CP5415
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 6:34 PM
Nope, look north of the border

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METRO
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Posted by METRO on Monday, April 5, 2004 6:56 PM
It's a Montreal Locomotive Works, umm something ooo could it be that wide cab they made in the 60s?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 5, 2004 6:59 PM
I know a CP M640
DOGGY
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:30 PM
Nope,
Tested on CN then bought by CP

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415

Nope,
Tested on CN then bought by CP

Is it an Alco?
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:41 PM
Metro is on the right track
MLW

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Posted by METRO on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:46 PM
wasn't the M640 built for the CN and then went to the CP? Or could it be the one M630W? I could only find one reference for each though, and it's fairly old.
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:50 PM
Close Metro, but I'm an older locomotive

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Posted by M636C on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:55 PM
The RSD-17 "Empress of Agincourt"

Peter
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Posted by CP5415 on Monday, April 5, 2004 9:59 PM
Told ya it was a gimme! [:)]

Gordon

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METRO
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Posted by METRO on Monday, April 5, 2004 10:01 PM
Is it a DL600b, CP unit number 8921?
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 4:48 PM
It was 8921

DOGGY
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 4:54 PM
What am I?
I have 4,000 HP
I'm a freight Diesel
I have more than one model designation
I have more 966 made
I'm on the Major Roads in the U.S
I came out in 1993
What am I?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 8:52 PM
Well I'm not up on modern diesels so if you don't mind, I'll also do a "who am I" for the older diesel crowd. Folks can munch on both.


Who am I?

I was born around 1946
I had 1500 big ones
My name was "Gerdie" on one North Eastern Road
I had very big feet, with six toes on each foot
EMD rebuilt me from the inside out and gave me new feet.
Only two roads gave me a home, one North and one South.
Who am I???
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Posted by AggroJones on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 8:55 PM
Doggy, A Dash 9? or C44-9W if you prefer?

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 9:47 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

Doggy, A Dash 9? or C44-9W if you prefer?

Nope it was EMD
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