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A wide cab tunnel motor?

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bnsfkline
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A wide cab tunnel motor?
Posted by bnsfkline on Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:53 PM
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=56877

Who does this unit belong to?
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Posted by railroad65 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:36 PM
The paint job of the cab suggests it"s a cra***est locomotive.
Who's the owner, you are. The Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.

Railroad65

Just looked at the other picture http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=56268&showcomments=true . I was right.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:16 PM
I'd imagine this unit is going to get crashed into something (fixed object, maybe another train, etc.) The grid markings would be measured after impact for the extent of compaction. Perhaps this is a new cab design (i.e. better internal crash resistance) that is being tested.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:27 PM
kinda neat looking actually. i hope that's replacing the ACe style boxy ugly cab.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:34 PM
no, the boxy cab now replaced that, its the SD70/75 cab. not both pictures were taken in 2002/2003
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Posted by coborn35 on Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:30 PM
Check out my sig.

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Posted by UPTRAIN on Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Soo6058

no, the boxy cab now replaced that, its the SD70/75 cab. not both pictures were taken in 2002/2003


It actually goes back to the SD60M, the newer ones.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=56268

Pretty cool, but I like my ACe cabs too...doors are bigger, but they need teardrop windshields!

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Posted by miniwyo on Sunday, January 1, 2006 8:25 PM
Looks just like an SD45T with a modern cab plopped on it.

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Posted by dxr8007nz on Monday, January 2, 2006 2:25 AM
SD45T-2 still use or scrap ?
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Posted by arbfbe on Monday, January 2, 2006 9:54 AM
coborn35,

Nice signature art there but on a tunnel motor the cooling fans are beneath the radiators not on top of them as your picture shows. They are in behind the two or three horizontal doors above the grills on the sides. The top of the units are just a big grill over the radiator cores. Nice try though. If you are in DM&IR territory you can travel down to the overpass at the north end of Proctor yard and look down on the top of the tunnel motors in service there to see what I am talking about.
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Monday, January 2, 2006 11:43 AM
I wanna see it smash!

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Posted by dxr8007nz on Monday, January 2, 2006 8:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I wanna see it smash!

Adrianspeeder
lol good idea want to see it smash
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 2, 2006 10:28 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I wanna see it smash!

Adrianspeeder


What a smash it would be!
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Posted by rrandb on Monday, January 2, 2006 11:47 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dxr8007nz

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I wanna see it smash!

Adrianspeeder
lol good idea want to see it smash
It was probably "smashed" several years ago. There should have been high speed cameras or high speed vidieo taken of the impact. Some copies maybe available if you needed this info and could pay for the copies. I doubt it would be made available just for entertainment As always ENJOY [2c]
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Posted by dxr8007nz on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 3:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrandb

QUOTE: Originally posted by dxr8007nz

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I wanna see it smash!

Adrianspeeder
lol good idea want to see it smash
It was probably "smashed" several years ago. There should have been high speed cameras or high speed vidieo taken of the impact. Some copies maybe available if you needed this info and could pay for the copies. I doubt it would be made available just for entertainment As always ENJOY [2c]

[:)] Have you see it ?
I want see it when that locomotive went smash
see how much damage worse ?
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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 9:58 PM
Ever since KCS got tunnel motors,I have hoped they would build a wide cab tunnel motor from two wrecked units[8D].
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:04 AM
That paint scheme reminds me of automotive spy photos where they put the tape on it so you cant see the countours.

I wanna see it sma***oo...
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Posted by AlcoRS11Nut on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 12:25 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

I wanna see it smash!

Adrianspeeder


how sweet that would be.....[:D]
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