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Who loves C40-9W's!
Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 11:44 AM
Title says it all!
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Posted by Railfan1 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:34 PM
I like em' better than those darn GP60s Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:42 PM
 Railfan1 wrote:
I like em' better than those darn GP60s Laugh [(-D]
LOL!!Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by coborn35 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:28 PM
GE garbage. At least the GP60's load decently.

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Posted by WCfan on Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:43 PM

 coborn35 wrote:
GE garbage. At least the GP60's load decently.

Sign - Ditto [#ditto] I really never took a likeing to GE locos. Plus EMD's have Better sounding turbos.Wink [;)] Most of the time, not saying all. Plus I can't tell the diffrence between the locos.

Other wise, if I didn't like EMD, I would probably like the Dash 9

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:38 PM
Why does everyone hate C40-9w's!Banged Head [banghead]
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Posted by WCfan on Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:46 PM

 NS SD70M-2 wrote:
Why does everyone hate C40-9w's!Banged Head [banghead]

I don't think People Hate diffrent locos, but rather is one less down The list. See if I had a list I would proabably have the EMDs first but then the GE would be still on there, just lower. it dosn't mean that I hate it, just means that it isn't my favorite.

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:24 PM
 WCfan wrote:

 NS SD70M-2 wrote:
Why does everyone hate C40-9w's!Banged Head [banghead]

I don't think People Hate diffrent locos, but rather is one less down The list. See I had a list I would proabablt have the EMDs first but then the GE would be still on there, just lower. it dosn't meant that I hate it, just means that it isn't my favortie.

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Posted by Lord Atmo on Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:47 PM

NS crash 9s are my favorite out of all the roads who have ever owned them.
here's my list of C40/44-9Ws in order from most to least liked:

-NS
-ATSF
-BNSF
-SP
-CNW
-UP

so yes, there IS love for the C40-9W. i love those NS GEs! 

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Posted by SSW9389 on Monday, June 25, 2007 7:40 AM

I don't care for catfish all that much.

Atmo you forgot to rank CSX or was that deliberate.

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Posted by blade on Monday, June 25, 2007 9:02 AM
as long that it is either a bnsf,ns,cp,or up i do like like the c40-9w's.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 25, 2007 9:37 AM

Never seen one in real life, living in Southern Alberta! But, hopefully on my trip to Montana I'll catch one. I love GEs, and the C40-9Ws are no exception. NS paint is very nice, and gives a great look to the loco!

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Posted by BigJim on Monday, June 25, 2007 9:39 AM

I will say this much for the Dash-9;

It was the first somewhat decent loco GE  built.

It is better than the new EVO.

PS: Can someone tell me how I can change the spacing in these messages? The problem is that each time I hit "Enter", the next sentence skips a line. If I just keep on typing the paragraph stays together such as this one. Hit enter now.

See what I mean.

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Monday, June 25, 2007 6:24 PM
 TrainMan12 wrote:

Never seen one in real life, living in Southern Alberta! But, hopefully on my trip to Montana I'll catch one. I love GEs, and the C40-9Ws are no exception. NS paint is very nice, and gives a great look to the loco!

That would be pretty rare seeing a c40-9w in montana ,but still you do have a chance of seeing one!
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Posted by silicon212 on Monday, June 25, 2007 8:57 PM
I'd rather have a GP60.  Don't believe me?  Look at my avatar!  :)
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:12 AM
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I'd rather have a GP60.  Don't believe me?  Look at my avatar!  :)
LOL!Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by THayman on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:28 PM

I love Dash 9's in all their incarnations. The C40-9W's are no exception. I thought the standard cab Dash 9's NS had were pretty neat too.

One thing though... I hate the cab headlights!! Drop them please!!

Besides any problems they present for operation (reflection off of snow, rain, etc), they just look so stupid!!! (Sorry if I offend any of you on this, but...)

-Tim

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:37 PM
 THayman wrote:

I love Dash 9's in all their incarnations. The C40-9W's are no exception. I thought the standard cab Dash 9's NS had were pretty neat too.

One thing though... I hate the cab headlights!! Drop them please!!

Besides any problems they present for operation (reflection off of snow, rain, etc), they just look so stupid!!! (Sorry if I offend any of you on this, but...)

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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:55 PM
I'm an SD70ACe kind of guy myself.
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:51 PM
 Railfan1 wrote:
I'm an SD70ACe kind of guy myself.
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Posted by SD60M on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:57 PM

 NS SD70M-2 wrote:
 Railfan1 wrote:
I'm an SD70ACe kind of guy myself.
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

But i will take a SD70MAC and a SD60M too as long as its in BN colors.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:41 PM
If it has to be in NS paint, make it an SD70M-2, SD80MAC or a high hood SD40-2. Just please no more Crash 9's.Dead [xx(] On a recent trip to the NS Chicago line most of the trains I saw had those darn things leading. Luckily, I did catch several SD70M-2's and a few high hoods. I'm not saying I hate 9-40CW's, but I'd rather see other power.
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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:03 PM

Give me a C40-9w (or better yet) a GEVO any day of the week.  Those 70M-2s stink, the doors don't shut right, they are rough, and they are LOUD.  Can't even hear yourself think in one. 

 

  

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:21 PM
 zugmann wrote:

Give me a C40-9w (or better yet) a GEVO any day of the week.  Those 70M-2s stink, the doors don't shut right, they are rough, and they are LOUD.  Can't even hear yourself think in one. 

 

Youve been in a SD70M-2?Shock [:O]
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:22 PM
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If it has to be in NS paint, make it an SD70M-2, SD80MAC or a high hood SD40-2. Just please no more Crash 9's.Dead [xx(] On a recent trip to the NS Chicago line most of the trains I saw had those darn things leading. Luckily, I did catch several SD70M-2's and a few high hoods. I'm not saying I hate 9-40CW's, but I'd rather see other power.
Were did you go to on the ns chicago line?
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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:56 AM

 NS SD70M-2 wrote:

Youve been in a SD70M-2?Shock [:O]
 

Many times. Actually just got off one a few hours ago. On the plus side,the AC worked great!

  

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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:22 PM
 zugmann wrote:

 NS SD70M-2 wrote:

Youve been in a SD70M-2?Shock [:O]
 

Many times. Actually just got off one a few hours ago. On the plus side,the AC worked great!

So obviously you work for norfolk southern?
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4:21 PM
 NS SD70M-2 wrote:
 4884bigboy wrote:
If it has to be in NS paint, make it an SD70M-2, SD80MAC or a high hood SD40-2. Just please no more Crash 9's.Dead [xx(] On a recent trip to the NS Chicago line most of the trains I saw had those darn things leading. Luckily, I did catch several SD70M-2's and a few high hoods. I'm not saying I hate 9-40CW's, but I'd rather see other power.
Were did you go to on the ns chicago line?
South Bend, IN.
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Posted by NS SD70M-2 on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:16 PM
 4884bigboy wrote:
 NS SD70M-2 wrote:
 4884bigboy wrote:
If it has to be in NS paint, make it an SD70M-2, SD80MAC or a high hood SD40-2. Just please no more Crash 9's.Dead [xx(] On a recent trip to the NS Chicago line most of the trains I saw had those darn things leading. Luckily, I did catch several SD70M-2's and a few high hoods. I'm not saying I hate 9-40CW's, but I'd rather see other power.
Were did you go to on the ns chicago line?
South Bend, IN.
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:56 AM
I love widenose GE's whatever their flavor may be.  The widenose to me looks nicer than the Spartan cab.  Do I really care whether it's EMD/GE?  Nope...as long as it's a widenose I'm happy!  Especially if it's CNW or ex-CNW!

Dan

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