Smoke
Chairman
The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on Apr 24, 2009 15:35:19 GMT -5
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Smoke
Chairman
The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on May 1, 2009 16:37:38 GMT -5
I guess nobody else knows either.
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Post by graftonterminalrr on May 1, 2009 17:05:51 GMT -5
An easy way to distinguish ex-Chessie locos?
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Post by antlorch on May 1, 2009 17:47:05 GMT -5
I know it is for venting but why the slot and not just the regular louvers is beyond me...
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Post by stillbre on May 1, 2009 22:42:10 GMT -5
I've always heard it was for easy access to the battery terminals for cleaning.
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Post by mvlandsw on May 6, 2009 0:30:50 GMT -5
They allowed the battery terminals to be cleaned when the locomotives were run through washers. Mark
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Post by chessie8553 on May 6, 2009 6:48:59 GMT -5
They allowed the battery terminals to be cleaned when the locomotives were run through washers. Mark That is correct. It appears that a few Southern Railway GP38-2's had this feature too. Southern Mailslot |
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Post by stillbre on May 6, 2009 7:48:11 GMT -5
One, maybe two, orders of Southern GP38-2s had the mail slots and possibly one order of SD40-2s had them.
There was others that had mail slots. I believe MKT and KCS had some. And of course the DRGW SD50s received them but they were tacked onto a Chessie order and built to Chessie specs. I believe there was some DRGW GP40-2s with mail slots as well.
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Post by chessie8553 on May 6, 2009 8:38:11 GMT -5
The final order of Seaboard System SD50's (also built to Chessie specs) had them as did the 10 CSX SD60's.
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Smoke
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The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on May 6, 2009 11:38:46 GMT -5
Thanks guys! I didn't know so many railroads has them, I only thought Chessie ordered them!
-Andrew
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Post by stillbre on May 6, 2009 17:33:11 GMT -5
I believe the only SD50s that were not ordered with the mail slots were the original units ordered by L&N (8500-8524). These were eventually refitted with mail slots. The mail slots became standard on all CSX units. Many were later refitted with them. I've even seen a couple GEs equipped with them. One even being a Dash-8.
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