Engineer Spike wrote:Maybe someone could enlighten me as to whether the 16-251 is now capable of 4000 hp, as opposed to CP’s 18-251, of the 1970s.Fairbanks-Morse no longer has any info on the 251 on their web site, but I seem to recall that the 16-251 was available at 4000 HP for stationary and marine applications when I looked at the spec sheet on their web site a few years ago. The version used in the VIA Rail LRC locomotives was rated at 3700, which isn't that far from 4000, and that was almost 40 years ago. It's reasonable to think that it could easily produce 4000 HP today with all the technological advances that have been made.
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives