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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BigJim [quote]QUOTE: I can't recall ever seeing a photo of the GE's running long hood first.[/quote] OH, but they did!!! And it was awful!!! They are probably reason that the unions got short hood forward (for the most part) in their agreement. The GE's exhaust would roll back into the cabs making people sick. Being a 4 stroker the exhaust didn't seem tocome out of the stack and get up high enough to get out of the vorticies from the car body. It wasn't too bad if you were in #8, but use a low notch or go to DB or switch in the yard and the fumes would make youphysically sick to your stomach. [/quote] Lovely. The romance of railroading. Interestingly, I have seen numerous photos of the C39-8's running long hood first, but never the dash7's. Now we know why.....
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