NS orders 65 more C40-9W's

[Allen Jenkins]

Yea, macguy, as Rush Limbaugh, says, follow the money.
Wear & tear, whatever, the derating, is always about the money.
The Norfolk Southern, figures, as stated, in their text, the locomotives shall give the work, same as a regular rated engine, and the power reduction, shall ultimately save fuel.
The CSX, studied the same objective, however, they activated a "delayed throttle," application, starting with the Dash 840-C locomotive. Twenty seconds to activation, after the throttle application.
A capital idea.
Enjoy Corporate Resource Conservation, In A Realtime Horsepower War!
ACJ.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a fuel conservation thing to me.

[Clutch Cargo]

Ahhh...Grasshopper......
It should be so easy.

Kurt

[Anonymous]

The locomotives have a switch that enables the operation of the last motor to supply the extra horsepower. It is only used when needed, so horsepower is not wasted. When extra horsepower is needed, the engineer flicks a switch and the horsepower is available immediately.

[ajmiller]

Yay! More lupins!

[Overmod]

I think, all in all, it's much more likely that the 'derating' is to reduce 'wear and tear' and perhaps allow longer intervals for scheduled maintenance. Who here (Don Oltmann?) knows exactly what modifications were made in the engine-management software to accompli***he change?

[Junctionfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Colin

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I don't know why NS won't go for the extra 400 hp and make them C44-9Ws?

I heard from a GE technician that NS's Dash9-40CW's are indeed in reality Dash9-44CW's they are just held back from giving the extra 400 HP by means of the computer software. NS's Road Foremen of Engines carry with them a special key to release the extra HP when they think the situation justifys it.

They either don't trust their engineers with all that HP[:0] !!

Or they just want to simplify the power desk dispatching at 4000 HP like ATSF did for a time at rating the B40-8's at the GP60's HP rating of 3800 HP. But they never artificially held back the extra 200 HP.

From what I hear about NS's attitude towrard their employees it is probably BOTH!!

Huh...............(flaberghasted at NS reasoning)[:0]

[dwil89]

I thought it was to save fuel too, as the extra 400 HP used more fuel than the benefit the extra horses provided.....Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I don't know why NS won't go for the extra 400 hp and make them C44-9Ws?

I heard from a GE technician that NS's Dash9-40CW's are indeed in reality Dash9-44CW's they are just held back from giving the extra 400 HP by means of the computer software. NS's Road Foremen of Engines carry with them a special key to release the extra HP when they think the situation justifys it.

They either don't trust their engineers with all that HP[:0] !!

Or they just want to simplify the power desk dispatching at 4000 HP like ATSF did for a time at rating the B40-8's at the GP60's HP rating of 3800 HP. But they never artificially held back the extra 200 HP.

From what I hear about NS's attitude towrard their employees it is probably BOTH!!

[Junctionfan]

I don't know why NS won't go for the extra 400 hp and make them C44-9Ws?

[SSW9389]

Dang, you would think that NS would get tired of a diet of catfish. Variety is the spice of life!

[Anonymous]

I found out that NS has added 65 (the units will now go to 9976) to its C40-9W order, the units are starting to be released from Erie. *sigh* Now they will have almost 1,100. I'd expect 35 SD70M's, SD70M-2's, or ES40DC's also.