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[quote user="Newyorkcentralfan"] Just because wide cab BBs were constructed doesn't mean that they were successful. That they aren't still being made and are being cast off by the class ones while wide cab CCs of them same vintage and similar horsepower are being kept supports the conclusion that wide nose BB they are a problem for them.[quote user="scottychaos"]the debate of "why only 6-axles these days and no more 4-axles" has nothing to do with the weight of a wide-cab..there were 4-axle widecabs built, both EMD and GE..a 4-axle loco can handle a wide-cab just fine:[/quote][/quote]The only class on e casting off their 4-axle widecabs is the CN and that is because the GP40-2WLs are aged and most have spent a lot of time in storage over the last ten years.One thing you have to understand is that stack trains aren't "light" anymore. The BNSF experimenting with 10k ft stackers is the proof. CR once had a dedicated 4-axle fleet for its TV (TOFC) and stack trains comprising GP40-2s, B36-7s, and B40-8s. But in the early to mid 90's they switched to 6-axle power due to the increasing weight and length of the trains. You guys are forgeting that there is still one RR using almost exclusively 4-axle power for intermodal trains in a certain area of their system, Norfolk Southern. Their GP59/60s and B23-8s are still the standard intermodal power on the line from Birmingham through Atlanta to the Carolinas. I had one guy on this forum say he sees them so often he would rather see the dash-9s that everyone else has grown tired of. When I was in Greenville, SC on the main only one of 4 intermodal trains had 6-axle power on it.
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