BaltACD M636C That's not my definition of solo.... The trailing vehicle on that train looks like a GE P42 to me. It may be leading and it might be providing traction and HEP power, but it isn't alone. Peter The Charger is the only 'vehicle' that has internal combustion engine in it. The 'far end' is a Cabaggage cab unit for push pull operation.
M636C That's not my definition of solo.... The trailing vehicle on that train looks like a GE P42 to me. It may be leading and it might be providing traction and HEP power, but it isn't alone. Peter
The trailing vehicle on that train looks like a GE P42 to me.
It may be leading and it might be providing traction and HEP power, but it isn't alone.
Peter
The Charger is the only 'vehicle' that has internal combustion engine in it. The 'far end' is a Cabaggage cab unit for push pull operation.
M636CThat's not my definition of solo.... The trailing vehicle on that train looks like a GE P42 to me. It may be leading and it might be providing traction and HEP power, but it isn't alone. Peter
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
That's not my definition of solo....
Note the door in the middle of the trailing cab unit. It looks like an old F40PH converted to a "cabbage" unit, which has had its engine removed and used for baggage space, with the cab retained for push-pull operation.
CHICAGO — This morning, Amtrak Hiawatha train No. 329 departed Chicago Union Station for Milwaukee behind a new SC-44 Charger locomotive, No. 4620. This is the first solo revenue trip for the Illinois Department of Transportation’s SC-44 ...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/08/24-charger-solo-on-hiawatha
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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