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Hogger54 <br />Very informative information. Thank you! Your mention of the "generator field switch" was interesting. . . simply because I have no idea what that is for. Perhaps you can elaborate? <br /> <br />You remarks about a 2500HP unit and a 4400HP unit each being capable of producing only their maximum amount of horsepower in Run-8 of course make sense. That brings to mind yet another question, however. Why do I often see a pair of 4000HP CSX engines hauling 160 loads of coal, and then see a pair of 6000HP engines hauling 35 intermodal cars in a hotshot symbol train? The excess of power on the intermodals doesn't make sense to me. Unless, of course, one engine is simply "for emergency" in case the lead unit suffers a break-down. The dispatcher certainly doesn't want that train to fail to make a connection. Otherwise, I would think that one 6000HP unit would be capable of hauling such a train all by itself. . . as born out by the fact that 160 coal loads require only a total of 8000HP. What's your opinion on this?
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