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Brookville BL36PH Close to Delivery

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Brookville BL36PH Close to Delivery
Posted by NorthWest on Friday, June 14, 2013 10:01 PM

Brookville has completed their first BL36PH for Florida's Tri-Rail.

Unfortunately, I am unable to find an article other than the News Wire one, but they look pretty close to the mockup halfway down the page on Brookville's website: http://www.brookvillecorp.com/locomotive-passenger.asp

I'll try to keep looking for a new article. Thoughts on their appearance?

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Posted by Redore on Friday, June 14, 2013 11:57 PM

Looks like an F59PH, so what?

Where do their trucks and prime movers come from?

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Posted by NorthWest on Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:57 PM

The prime movers are MTU, and the trucks are unique to Brookville (but look quite like Blombergs)

http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20News/News%20Wire/2013/06/Brookville%20prepares%20first%20BL36PH%20for%20delivery.aspx

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Posted by NorthWest on Saturday, June 15, 2013 1:17 PM

The Prime Movers will be V20 MTU 4000 Series Engines

Based on the table:

http://www.mtu-online.com/mtu/products/diesel-engines-overview/general-purpose-diesel-engines/4000/

it appears they are 4000-03. 

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Posted by NorthWest on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:51 PM

Here are the artist renderings:http://www.vergarastudio.com/pdf/Brookville_BL36PH.pdf

The units look slightly different built, with a hump behind the cab, and no lights over the windshields.

Still little else online...

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Posted by oltmannd on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:12 AM

Gotta love a pilot plow for service in FL...  What are we plowing?

-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:08 AM

oltmannd

Gotta love a pilot plow for service in FL...  What are we plowing?

Plow pilots are not strictly for snow.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by UPrailfan on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:43 AM

Very effective for removing Cars and other debris from the tracks that you might find on the rails as I have been told.  Down in Florida who knows what they might find. 

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Posted by D.Carleton on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:29 PM

oltmannd

Gotta love a pilot plow for service in FL...  What are we plowing?

 

Slow tourists.

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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 8:41 PM

 Still very little online. 

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Posted by NorthWest on Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:10 PM

Only thing online is subchat, still, but here is a picture:http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=1229224 

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Posted by NorthWest on Monday, July 1, 2013 10:19 PM

Just in case anyone is still following this...

A better (and IMHO more flattering) picture is here:http://www.railpictures.net/photo/441798

NW

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