by MEC407
Allen Hazen wrote:(*) For those not in the know: the CE618 was a diesel hood unit with a 16-251 engine rated at 2400 hp (= roughly 1800 kw), built (by Commonwealth Engineering) in 1978 for the narrow (3'6") gauge lines of the Western Australian Government Railway: the last Alco-engined locomotive design introduced in Australia. So, sharing with the M420 the property of being a "post-Alco Alco."2400 HP from a 16-251 was pretty standard in the early to mid '60s, but by the late '70s, that engine had proven itself capable of producing a reliable 3600 HP. Is there any particular reason why CE chose to give it such a low rating, rather than using a 12-251 (which by 1978 could reliably produce 2400 HP)?
MEC407
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
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Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives