Hmmmmm. Gives me an idea. Why not de-turbo some SD-40/45's, and have a more "modern" loco, without the headache of the turbo? The money you save, not wasting it on a Gen-Set, easily pays for the extra fuel consumption........... I understand the MRL has dozens, and dozens, of locos sitting in their dead lines.........
One last comment, about the test. The railroad "boasted" that they didn't have to apply sand. In 2006, with a "ultra modern" loco, I would hope that no-one would have to apply sand. That's the job of the locos on board computers/sensors. Sounds like the guys at PHL were so "excited" that they might be getting some new power, that they just gushed on, about the most trivial of facts. Almost as good as means worse than, in plain english. (I almost won, is really losing.....) Regards