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QUOTE: Originally posted by tormadel Anyone have some photo's they can link of the preserved ones? (Including the repowers) <smile>
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder Amazing to think that at it's time was the biggest gun on the rails. Adrianspeeder
QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder Amazing to think that at it's time was the biggest gun on the rails. Adrianspeeder Yes, it was and I often think while trackside watching trains that virtually every old model locomotive on the rails today were "queens of the fleet" at one time, even the little GP9, SD9, etc., etc. That's progress I guess.
QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton Just think though the prime mover of the U25B is still in use today in every GE locomotive but the GEVO and AC6000, everything else uses a verison of the FDL that was introduced by the u-25. Those of you who hate GE, can EMD say that. I THINK NOT.
QUOTE: Originally posted by edbenton Not actually the 567 may have been devolped in 1938 but the fdl goes back even further the FDL was a german design brought over here. Also can you take a 567 power assembly and put it in a 710 block no you can not a fdl assm is the same regradless of horsepower.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 I'm a fan of the old U-Boats. I thought I read years back that the early models, like the U25 series, had some annoying problems that mechanics and engine crews were not too fond of. Don't remember if they were electrical or mechanical. Improvements were made with later models. Anyone know or remember what the problems were?
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 [Seaboard Coast Line owned U25Bs (inherited from ACL). Some of their units lasted until just before 1980, so I'm assuming that something must have been right with them, though there seemed to be only a few U25Bs. SCL did heavily favor GEs, which may have been a factor. As a newbie photobug, I used to hang out at the big Uceta Yard in Tampa back in those days. Saw U33s, U336s, U18s, and even some Baldwin switchers, but I never had the good fortune of being able to catch a U25B .
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