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QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS Egads, and I thought the air was thin at 14,433! (Mt. Elbert, the highest I've managed to attain so far). Seriously, I bet working there for the first week or two probably would be tough, with a lot of huffing and puffing, but after that the red blood cell count would climb to compensate for the thinner atmosphere. As an added bonus, anytime the workers head anywhere lower, they will feel like a million bucks!
QUOTE: Originally posted by carnej1 I believe it is for this line that China has ordered 6,000HP units from both GE and EMD (which actually will be assembled in Chinese factories). I seem to remember reading that these will have some sort of Oxygen system to deal with the altitudes. The GE will be based on the AC6000CW but with a 16 cylinder GEVO and China specific modifications. The EMD will use SD90MAC-H components but will be built with a twin cab Chinese style carbody.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr Some of the railroads in Peru and Ecuador can't be far behind. They have a person who does give you a sniff of oxygen if you are feeling the effects on some of their trains.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG QUOTE: Originally posted by carnej1 I believe it is for this line that China has ordered 6,000HP units from both GE and EMD (which actually will be assembled in Chinese factories). I seem to remember reading that these will have some sort of Oxygen system to deal with the altitudes. The GE will be based on the AC6000CW but with a 16 cylinder GEVO and China specific modifications. The EMD will use SD90MAC-H components but will be built with a twin cab Chinese style carbody. I helped build the first two chinese loco for this line, yes it uses the 16 cylinder turbo engine de-rated to 4000 because of altitude problems, and yes the cab has oxygen drops at each position. The second order your referring to is not for the high altitude portion of that line, 74 special units I mentioned are for that section.
QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer I rode the Pike's Peak Cog Railway to the summit at 14,100 ft. in 1967.This new line in China beats that by over 2000 ft[:0].Can we assume pressurized pasenger cars on this line? It's too bad steam won't be seen on this line but an open cab would be virtually impossible!
QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr Some of the railroads in Peru and Ecuador can't be far behind. They have a person who does give you a sniff of oxygen if you are feeling the effects on some of their trains. My cousin has been on some of the Trains Unlimited Tours down that way, and I seem to remember him talking about passing out Oxygen balloons, and piping Oxygen into cars over some passes. 14,000-16,000 isn't really all that high given a little time to acclimate, but I imagine some people don't deal well with it while riding on a train. Altitude sickness can be kind of weird anyways. I've heard of lifelong Coloradoan residents have some bad bouts with it, although personally, I've only had a couple small problems, usually if I haven't been to conscious of keeping myself hydrated very well. I suspect its something like the bends for divers. Cases can very person to person and day to day. Being smart about what one is doing can usually ward off most threats, but occasionally, one can get affected no matter how well one is prepared.
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