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Ferromex --- Ferrosur
Posted by kurtdewald on Saturday, December 25, 2004 11:54 PM
I took some pictures earlier today in Peru Indiana, on the NS main line. One train was hauling a total of 8 Ferrosur and 7 Ferromex GE Locos. Here is my question, what the heck are they??? They look like standard Dash-9's but there side frames on the trucks look like a mixture of a Dash-8 Dash-9 and a SD80 MAC.
Anybody else out there seen these giants? and if so what are they ??

thanks Kurt[?]
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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:27 AM
Could they be GE Dash-9's using traded in trucks?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:02 PM
Ferrosur and Ferromex AC4400CW's have GE's steerable truck. These types of trucks are also common on CSX AC4400's and AC6000's and on CP AC4400's.
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Posted by kurtdewald on Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:12 PM
Thank you for the help Guilford350, it had me stumpped. that is the second time I have seen Ferromex Locos in Peru.

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