by Railjunkie
CSRR573 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:42 am As someone who works on these things, I agree with Railjunkie. However I will say Id rather work on a P42 any day of the week then work on a ACS and deal with the Siemens "techs".Was looking through the Charger or whatever its called manual on the trusty I Pad. I have come to the conclusion we have finally over engineered a diesel locomotive. Just give me a throttle, brakes, how to shut down the HEP, and a few other necessities and I'm good. That thing is like flying the fooking space shuttle. I know the shop guys are not looking forward to it.
Albany is so good at keeping GEs running maybe I get lucky and never see this new stuff before I pull the pin.
Green means GO Red means STOP Yellow your on YOUR OWN