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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Not real sure how you get SD70MACI is shorter than SD70MAC...eight charters as opposed to seven charters, (and MACI sounds a little wimpy, MAC sounds a little more masculine) but anyhow... The M stands for modified, not isolated... The cab on the EMDs is a single and separate unit from the rest of the body...true, it is isolated for noise and vibration reduction, all new locomotive cabs are, as required by federal law, but it is also designed to provide a crush zone for crew safety, as opposed to just reducing cab noise levels. M is just EMDs letter designation for the wide cab or North American safety cab...just as GE uses the letter W for the same thing...or EMDs use of SD and GP to designate a six axel or four axel truck, and GE uses C or B for the same purpose. Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4evaI have a question. Why are we calling SD70MACs or I should say locomotives in general "shes" when we want the names of the locomotives to have a masculine name.?//// I'm confused. lol[:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan. I always rezemble a Locomotive to a woman[:D]. A Locomotive will only run when it want's too. Sounds typical don't it? I just know that im gona get in real deep trouble just for saying this[:D]!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BNSFrailfan.
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Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
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QUOTE: I always wondered why the old Canadian cab locomotives used a "W", e.g. SD40-2W etc.
QUOTE: Originally posted by drailed1999 Thats ok, take a look at an Amtrak California F59PHI and I bet you can't see the isolation joints like you can on the 70MAC's 90MAC's and 75I's
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
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QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan For centuries humans have called anything big and impressive and mechanical as "she". Examples are planes, ships, locomotives....with all due respect to the ladies out there...it seems anything that is "big", powerful, impressive and that "moves men's souls" are called SHE rather automatically by us guys. Go figure?
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