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edbenton - There are a couple of drawbacks to the U-25-b that outweigh all those advantages you list. First - with that 3-foot 16-notch throttle, they were more than unhandy to run; the GP9 was a very pleasant locomotive to run. Did you ever pick up and set out on line of road with a U-25? No contest, unless you were an octopus. Second - they'd never load up fast enough to be a good switch engine, which a GP9 would do. Third - compared to a GP9 with its Blomberg trucks, the U-boat rode like a log wagon. GE might have gone to the railroads and asked them what they wanted, but they sure didn't ask the guys who were going to have to run them. Old Timer
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