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Cummins QSK95 engine at APTA Conference

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Posted by D.Carleton on Monday, October 13, 2014 9:33 PM

That's nice but has a QSK made it into real-world railroad service yet? I remember a pre-EMD Cat making the same sort of promises 20 years ago. Didn't quite work out then.

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, October 13, 2014 6:38 PM

081552

This photo is from the Cummins display at the American Public Transit Associations conference in Houston.

i left the person in the photo for scale.

 

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Here's one that shows the 'person' scale a bit more clearly:
QSK95 with person for scale
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Monday, October 13, 2014 6:01 PM

about same size as EMD 645, the floor of locomotive would be about were top of black mountings are.

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Cummins QSK95 engine at APTA Conference
Posted by 081552 on Monday, October 13, 2014 4:01 PM

This photo is from the Cummins display at the American Public Transit Associations conference in Houston.

i left the person in the photo for scale.

 

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