Train Trivia 9/28/05 (ANSWERED)

[Anonymous]

After the success of the BLII because it solved many of the vision problems of earlier units and still could pull, unlike a switch engine. It however could not be moved during the manufacturing process it had to built form the ground up in one place, this was time consuming and expensive. EMD called on the recently retired *** Dilworth to redesign the locomotive, his design was the ever-popular GP-7.

[Anonymous]

Everybody must be stummped, I thouht it was too easy.

[espeefoamer]

I thought this one was as easy as falling off a log[oX)].

[jrbernier]

Since EMD never built a SD20....

[rrinker]

The answer is in there, but he was NOT lured out of retirement to design it. It was probably his last major project BEFORE retiring though.

[Anonymous]

After the success of the BLII because it solved many of the vision problems of earlier units and still could pull, unlike a switch engine. It however could not be moved during the manufacturing process it had to built form the ground up in one place, this was time consuming and expensive. EMD called on the recently retired *** Dilworth to redesign the locomotive, his design was the ever-popular GP-7.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

I thought this one was as easy as falling off a log[oX)].

Bet you don't say that about todays question

[Rotorranch]

Woohoo!!!! I got it right!

What do we win Lotus? Is it behind door number one? [:D]

Rotor

BTW...I tink I got the Speedy Gonzales Q right too!

[Anonymous]

As Clint Eastwood says in Kelly's Heros "You win a cookie"
Haven't you got every one right since I started?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

As Clint Eastwood says in Kelly's Heros "You win a cookie"
Haven't you got every one right since I started?

Cheeeeater![:p][}:)][;)]

[jrbernier]

AS Randy said, *** Dilworth was not retired, yet! The Bl2 was EMD's attempt to match the RS2 series. The BL2 used a modified version of the truss carbody to produce an engine to match the Alco product. The problem was it was longer, heavier, & cost more to build than an F3.
The second attempt(GP7) was cheaper to build than an F unit, was equal to an F unit in all the basic specs, and 'looked' like a full size road unit - something that the RS body Alco's lacked. And it had the proven EMD power plant that the railroads were familiar with.
As much as I like the RS3(lots of 'texture' with all those louvers), I can see why the GP series won the railroads over. The rest is history.....

Jim Bernier