by TerryC
Why are most of the Western Class 1 Railroads selling off their SD40-2s and the Eastern Class 1s are not?
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SD Shortline wrote:SD Shortline, I've got to question what you meant in the above statement when recognition is given to the hundreds of new wide cab AC power that are instantly uprateable from 4000 to 4400 hp that the NS has been acquiring over the past few years (and is continuing at present). With their purchases, NS has turned out to be one of the major buyers of new technology locomotives!
It seem also that RR's, mainlythe NS, don't seem all to interested in newer techniologies. Heavy high-HP AC locomotives, wide cabs, desktop control stands, and the extra 400HP that GE has.
SD Shortline wrote:SD Shortline,
Besides the the AC's they inherited from the Conrail, what other AC's has the NS obtained?
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TerryC wrote:ACLfan, Norfolk Southern got 17 SD80MACs and at least 2 GP38ACs from the Conrail merger.GP38ACs aren't AC traction locomotives. They were built at the tail end of the GP38 production run and the only difference is that they have AC main generators rather than DC, as was previously.
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