The equipment turned out of that Mayfield shop appears to be 'junk.' Wonder how long the dud who has oversight responsibility for this business gets ejected ?
Um, care to further explain?
The CP GP20s are being built in Muncie, The BNSF SD32s are being built in Tacoma.
Only the first of the CP SD30s are being built in Mayfield and they aren't due out till November.
CPM500 The equipment turned out of that Mayfield shop appears to be 'junk.' Wonder how long the dud who has oversight responsibility for this business gets ejected ?
Dan
The GP22ECOs are going to be almost new locomotives with brand new frames,cabs,carbodies, all new engines and electrical equipment..all that's being used from the "donor" units is trucks and traction motors..
The SD32ECOS will be built on "recycled" SD frames but will be new from the frame up...
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The F40's outshopped from Mayfield for MNRR & METRA have been problematic and have needed warranty attention.
Union Pacific's latest order of ES44AC locomotives and BNSF's latest order of SD70ACe locomotives both were sidelined right after delivery with warranty covered issues. So unfortunately it isn't that unusual.
Most warranty work is handled in the field. Work that is not implies....all kinds of additional costs to all involved parties,
Just like the SD45's were back in the day. the crank's just couldn't handle the 3600 horsepower. EMD later went back and re-engineered them and they worked fine. However some RR's did de-rate them to 3200 horse if I remember correctly.
Not really much different than a recall on an automobile, just on a 200-ton locomotive.
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The problem with the early 20 cylinder crankcases was that they weren't stiff enough. The fix was to place 3/4 inch flat bars in the bottom of the air box and using longer bolts fasten the whole thing down to the oil pan. Generator engines repaired in this way ran fine at 2750 KW or about 3800 hp.
this has nothing to do with quality control issues at Progress Rail.
the issue with the crankcase in the 20-645 prime mover was nothing more than a design flaw that was quickly corrected. The crankshaft's were fine.
Bryan Jones
First of the GP20C-ECOs have been spotted out of Muncie.
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?locomotive=EMD%20GP20C-ECO
re: 20-645 crankcase
The production "cure" was to change the shape of the feet on the crankcase A-frames and increase the size of the fillet weld that attached the feet to the crankcase.
Do you have any overhead photos of the fans and dimensions.
Gene Perryman
They are not my pictures which is why I linked the gallery only and the Gentleman that took them is using them to make the Overland Brass model of the engine. So I'm sure he's saving those pictures for after the model's release.
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