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daveklepper asserteth: "There was nothing wrong about EMD boosting the power of its units for the N&W test because they wished to demonstrate what kind of power would be available once the order was actually placed. EMD and GE and Alco all had a history of gradual upping horsepower ratings." Yes, there was something wrong with it, because they didn't tell the N&W that they were going to do it. If they had told the railroad beforehand, it might have been OK. They were found out when the dynamometer car readings showed power outputs more than EMD's own data called for. Only when faced with this did the EMD representatives admit what was going on. The fuel racks and load regulators of the four F7 units had been "adjusted" to give about 1700 HP instead of 1500. Old Timer
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