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Boston and Maine HEP equipped GP7s - couplers

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Boston and Maine HEP equipped GP7s - couplers
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 26, 2017 2:22 PM

What type of couplers were BM HEP equipped GP7s delivered with?  E or H type?  When did tightlock couplers become required for passenger service locomotives?

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Posted by rcdrye on Sunday, March 26, 2017 4:00 PM

As far as I can tell from photos B&M GP7s never had tightlocks.  Even in MBTA service where they were MUed with RDCs (via an adapter cable) they had standard couplers.

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=884337

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 26, 2017 4:32 PM

rcdrye

As far as I can tell from photos B&M GP7s never had tightlocks.  Even in MBTA service where they were MUed with RDCs (via an adapter cable) they had standard couplers.

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=884337

 

Awesome, thank you.

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