Tunnel Motors

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 10:57 AM

Thanks to everyone for all the info...

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JimValle

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Posted by JimValle on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 5:17 PM

Well, the other respondants have covered the technical side of tunnel motors pretty well. From a recognition standpoint, they seemed to be longer than standard units. The back end of the long hood was just a huge void space with louvers down low on either side. Standing on the gangway, you could look in and see nothing. a dim lightbulb lit up this space in darkness, at least on the one I saw. This one was one that Conrail inheireted from one of it's predecessors but I don't know which one.