GE side panels

Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Mar 30 2005 2:10 PM

I'm new here, and please forgive me if this question has been brought up before.
What common malady or maintinence practice is the cause of those often mismatched panels on the left side of many GE locos.
I've seen photo's of every one of the big roads doing this.
Ruins the whole paint job.
Thanks,
Jimmy

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Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Mar 30 2005 3:55 PM

Wrecks, broken doors, whatever is spare is just used and the RR's dont care about paint jobs.

Posted by csxengineer98

on Fri, Apr 1 2005 1:36 AM

paint is paint... they dont care...only ones that realy care about paint are people like you...if they could get away with out painting them at all they would..but paint is a rust blocker... so you have to paint it to keep it from rusting away in a few years...
csx engineer

"I AM the higher source" Keep the wheels on steel

Posted by Randy Stahl

on Fri, Apr 15 2005 10:52 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by bhamj

I'm new here, and please forgive me if this question has been brought up before.
What common malady or maintinence practice is the cause of those often mismatched panels on the left side of many GE locos.
I've seen photo's of every one of the big roads doing this.
Ruins the whole paint job.
Thanks,
Jimmy

It's the heating and air conditioning unit, they are regularly exchanged.

Posted by Anonymous

on Sun, May 8 2005 7:23 PM

unless it's from a recent engine fire . . .