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Re: Alco Export Locomotives

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:57 pm ¦  Forum: American Locomotive Company - ALCO ¦  Topic: Alco Export Locomotives ¦  Replies: 27 ¦  Views: 32022

There were some dimensionally different DL535 variants/derivatives... In 1965, Alco built the broad gauge DL535S for RENFE, Spain... At the same time, Alco built the apparently similar, but metre gauge DL537 for OSE Greece. I haven’t seen explicit details, but I imagine that dimensionally it was th...

Re: Spur into Just Born factory in Bethlehem?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:06 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Spur into Just Born factory in Bethlehem? ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1245

I believe this topic has been discussed before, but there are articles on the Morning Call archive describing the events of the Minsi Trail Branch's demise. Basically, Just Born wanted to continue rail service, but Conrail balked at the cost of maintenance due to an alleged drainage swale that conti...

The name of Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England can be traced back to the railroad's original inception in the early 1900s. The railroad was originally envisioned as a route connecting to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Bel-Del line across the Delaware River from Durham Furnace, then to Bethlehem, ...

Re: 2022 Pennsylvania Railroad Map

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:58 am ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: 2022 Pennsylvania Railroad Map ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 1540

While I appreciate the time taken to produce a comprehensive map such as this, there will inevitably be numerous errors and descrepancies. I'd just like to point out that for the Lehigh Valley region, the former Lehigh Valley Railroad main line along the Lehigh River in Allentown, most recently oper...

Re: Wabtec lands order for 100 additional Evolution locomotives

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Thu Nov 11, 2021 1:54 pm ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Wabtec lands order for 100 additional Evolution locomotives ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 692

The Fort Worth plant is basically for domestic work. They are not set up nor do they have the experience to build for export. I don't foresee Fort Worth doing any export work besides standard gauge ES44 type exports based on domestic North American models. The Erie plant has traditionally built expo...

Re: Quakertown and Eastern Railroad

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:09 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railfan ¦  Topic: Quakertown and Eastern Railroad ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 10945

The article is brimming with optimism about many potential rail customers in this sparsely populated area, but looking back today, it is clear that Buckland's purchase of the railroad was basically just a vehicle for his National Slag Company operations. His company started a large slag crushing ope...

Re: Lehigh Valley's GP9s

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:11 pm ¦  Forum: Lehigh Valley Railroad ¦  Topic: Lehigh Valley's GP9s ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 14481

charlie6017 wrote:CMO Chuck Turner considered the GP-9s (300, 301) and the GP-18s (302-305) to be the same and eventually
had the GP-18s de-rated to be even more similar to the GP-9s
Reviving an old topic here, but found this very interesting. Any idea what year the GP18's were de-rated?

Re: Were GE's Throw Away's ?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:06 pm ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Were GE's Throw Away's ? ¦  Replies: 67 ¦  Views: 33973

Earlier in this thread I speculated that a major contributor for the premature demise of the early domestic Universals was lack of proper maintenance, and I also mentioned a positive comment from a former railroader who had good things to say about his railroad's early GE's. I'd like to briefly quot...

Re: GE U25C demo on the Lehigh Valley

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:37 pm ¦  Forum: Lehigh Valley Railroad ¦  Topic: GE U25C demo on the Lehigh Valley ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 4083

Thanks Charlie, I appreciate your reply!

GE U25C demo on the Lehigh Valley

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:30 pm ¦  Forum: Lehigh Valley Railroad ¦  Topic: GE U25C demo on the Lehigh Valley ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 4083

I've seen a reference to a GE U25C demonstrator that operated on the LV in May 1965. Does anyone know about this event, which unit was demonstrated and for how long/along which lines? Not being aware of any GE U25C demonstrators, I'm going to assume this was possibly a parent PRR U25C that they sent...

Locomotive sanders removed

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:08 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Equipment ¦  Topic: Locomotive sanders removed ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3861

Does anyone know a specific reason why most older locomotives that were originally built with 8 sanders now have their additional trailing sanders removed? Is it purely a maintenance/expense issue that older locomotives in local and secondary service don't require 8 sanders or is there another reaso...

Re: Any true 6000hp AC6000CW locomotives left?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Sat Aug 26, 2017 5:25 pm ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Any true 6000hp AC6000CW locomotives left? ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 12501

The HXN5 are increasingly used in certain areas that were formerly dominated by the ND5 (GE C36-7). Many ND5 have now been retired and scrapped, but quite a few still remain in service and some are also preserved in railway museums.

Re: Were GE's Throw Away's ?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:52 am ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Were GE's Throw Away's ? ¦  Replies: 67 ¦  Views: 33973

On another website, a former D&H brakeman in the early 1970s commented that their GE's were well liked by their engineers. A fairly large, well maintained GE fleet equals generally positive comments. On the other hand, I'd be curious to hear a comment from an engineer on a predominantly EMD road...

Re: Were GE's Throw Away's ?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:24 am ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Were GE's Throw Away's ? ¦  Replies: 67 ¦  Views: 33973

I totally agree with you Allen, that GE's strategy was different regarding export customers. But as a GE fan, I just wanted to point out that 1963 built U13B, for example, are still operating today. Most other railfans couldn't imagine a U25B from the same era still in active service today! I also a...

Re: Were GE's Throw Away's ?

 by obsessed railfan ¦  Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:59 am ¦  Forum: General Electric ¦  Topic: Were GE's Throw Away's ? ¦  Replies: 67 ¦  Views: 33973

Modern railfans and historians can endlessly wonder and debate the factors that contributed to the demise of early domestic GE units. One potential cause that is not mentioned often is lack of proper maintenance. In the 1960s, most mechanics were only familiar with Alco and EMD and lacked proper tra...

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