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Center Cab locomotive?

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Center Cab locomotive?
Posted by Awesome! on Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:51 AM
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:21 PM
No idea what model, as for make I would guess Plymouth or one of those industrial diesel manufacturers.
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Posted by Snoq. Pass RR on Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:54 PM
Not sure, but it looks like a GE locomotive based on the window type, truck frame type, and under-chassie placement.
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Posted by ndbprr on Monday, September 22, 2008 2:11 PM
It is a Whitcomb engine made in the late 40's. Most of them wound up in industrial service.
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Posted by wgnrr on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 12:07 PM

Looks like a GE 50T (still has the cute noses and the cab, but has the non-siderod (that means it has 2 traction motors on each truck) trucks) that has a lowered cab for some industrial purpose.

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Posted by engineer825 on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:19 PM
A friend told me that it looked like a vulcan center cab
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Posted by Magoon on Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:23 PM

Phil -- GE 50 tonners had only two traction motors (D77, if memory serves) mounted on the inner axles and chain driven to the outer axles.  May not be true for all, but it was my experience with 'em.  Also -- 50s look a heckuva lot like a 44-ton.

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Posted by ndbprr on Friday, October 17, 2008 8:16 AM

I rescind my Whitcomb reply I also believe it is a Vulcan from the same era.

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