http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42517&sid=bb511efb7e0bc6fb81886baf71800dde
Probably one of the newer museum pieces around, but it is good too see this preserved. One of the more significant locomotive models of the post-steam era.
The Canadian Rail Historical Association runs a great museum (Canadian Railway Museum or ExpoRail) in Delson, QC, on the south side of Montreal. The have a massive indoor exhibition hall, and will be a good home for this unit.
Does this make anyone on here feel old?
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I'm glad this is happening. We always lament which steam or early diesels weren't saved, yet there are plenty of newer diesels that were made in the hundreds that will be gone in a few years.
Ahhh, the "fast forties."
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So, Tree. Wonder how many don't know what a "fast forty" really was. Some of them were "snoots" as well.
tree68 Ahhh, the "fast forties."
IIRC only UP had Fast Forties and only the SP and DRGW had snoots.
I thought it was some of UP's that were geared for faster speeds than usual. About half of the posts in this thread are about them - set-up to run at the max speed of the Centennials:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/741/t/217346.aspx
- PDN.
Paul_D_North_JrI thought it was some of UP's that were geared for faster speeds than usual.
I was always under the impression that both -40's (GP and SD) were considered fast because of the horsepower, which was at the top of the scale for a while. GP-40's were often used for fast freight for that reason, although I guess they also had a reputation for being slippery.
I always thought the "fast forties" were UP's 80 mph geared units.
To me a "snoot" refers to the longer nose which was used by UP to house cab signal equipment, and by CP and several other railroads for the bulky Locotrol I master equipment (the remote receiving and control equipment was even larger, and required its own separate "Robot Car").
GP40-2's automatically derate to 2000 HP below something like 20 mph, but are still quite slippery and pretty gutless at low speeds and when switching with any kind of tonnage.
Paul_D_North_Jr I thought it was some of UP's that were geared for faster speeds than usual. About half of the posts in this thread are about them - set-up to run at the max speed of the Centennials: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/741/t/217346.aspx - PDN.
Does the museum have space inside for that engine? Be cool to see it perserved as it is. So many places either have engines that are either unidentifiable rusting hulks, or are in brand spanking new fresh paint. Nothing in between. I get it - people like shiny engines - but c'mon, they didn't stay that way very long.
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I think they have been shuffling some stuff around recently, but the buildings are probably full, they have quite a bit of stuff stored outside too.
While grimy, faded paint is authentic, a shiny EMD would go very nicely with their pair of big MLW's:
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/606844/
http://www.railpictures.net/photo/342229/
4744 is the one-of-a-kind M640, with a 18 cylinder 251 engine. Also the first AC traction road locomotive in North America, having been rebuilt later in life to a A1A-A1A configuration with AC motors.
Perhaps it should have been called the M640-C4?
SD70DudeWhile grimy, faded paint is authentic, a shiny EMD would go very nicely with their pair of big MLW's:
I don't like that super shiny stuff.
Jsut looks unnatural.
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