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They originally were lit with your standard run of the mill 74 volt incandescent light bulb
[quote user="Lord Atmo"] SD38-2s pull better than SD40-2s? I thought SD40-2s had turbochargers driven by exhaust. And I would think that pulling heavy ore trains up spirit mountain would make for a lot of exhaust, thus driving the turbo. So wouldnt an SD40-2 be Superior (no pun intended) to an SD38-2 around there? [/quote] Well to answer your question, one must think of tractive effort and not horsepower. The IC SD40’s that were sent up here are not geared for slow speed service, more towards
i just dont understand CN's motive power management o well
Well with the ore traffic in the trash I think your right that they won’t make their way to the DMIR for a while, but yes the SD40’s strait air was plumed at Proctor, but I don’t think the 38’s will get strait aired…as the new order of ore cars don’t have strait air, that is if Pokie will ever give them up and they re put in ore service lol….
[quote user="EJE818"] I don't see CN getting rid of the SD38-2s anytime soon. That's why I think all these rumors of 661 and 69 getting scrapped are false. The weird thing is the 666 is the only one of the 4 J SD38-2s that was rebuilt to -2 standards. The 662, 665 and 674 were not rebuilt but were well kept by the J. The J SD38-2s are excellent engines, and I don't say that because EJ&E is my favorite railway. It seems the SD38-2s will pull anything that is put behind them
GREAT PICs....only on the UP will one find a spacific steam program hi-rail
rather see the SP&S 700....sigh
[quote user="coborn35"] Myself and Kale caught 3 SD60's today. Here just pics of them: Boy we just get the best power in the states dont we? There was also two GP35's, SW1500, 3 SD40-2's, 2 BN MAC's, and GP38-2's nearby. Oh a GP40X also. [/quote] and thats just BNSF...dont forget the 2 LLPX GP38's....UP SD70M......and i think we average about 4 to 6 CP GP40's in the ports too......thats all
[quote user="EJE818"] Some sad news to report to EJ&E and DM&IR fans. it appears EJ&E 616, which has long been the last high-hood SD18 running on the EJ&E, has been retired. It was spotted going east on the Line Train today, most likely heading to Matteson to be interchanged with the former IC to be taken to Homewood and put into the deadline. If this was 616's last day, I will say farewell and hope it finds a new home that will take care of it. Hey LSRM, ya know, you
Don’t even start… not to mention new air valves…batteries…she could use some new air, oil, fuel filters and god knows what else…how the heck do they expect me to go to school and do all this thank god I’m only an assistant to the guy whom does this normally or idk what id do lol.
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