DRLOCO
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Post by DRLOCO on Aug 18, 2008 15:35:20 GMT -5
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CIOR
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Post by CIOR on Aug 18, 2008 19:55:36 GMT -5
Really..... I never knew.
See Doc, told ya I didn't know "everything"! LOL
Is it still on roster?
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DRLOCO
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Post by DRLOCO on Aug 18, 2008 20:20:22 GMT -5
I *think* so...these were ex D&H units that were originally Reading (the "V" rain gutter above the cab is the spotting feature). I do know they're not painted like that anymore.
ANd i was wrong--it's a GP39...not GP38...
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DRLOCO
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Post by DRLOCO on Aug 27, 2008 10:48:19 GMT -5
gotta admit, it looked better in RDG paint than it did in GRS or does in CSX!
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spike
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Post by spike on Sept 4, 2009 16:38:56 GMT -5
This is a former Reading/D&H GP39-2. One could tell them from the original D&H 7600 class 39's because these had the clasp brake rigging, while the 7600's had 1 shoe per wheel. I have heard several stories why these units did not stay on the D&H, as I have asked at work. Some of the senior guys say that CSX was subsidizing operations while we were in bankruptsy. This was repayment. The other story is that CP was so standardized on GP38's and SD40's that these were odd balls. Many of the senior engineers say that these were our best engines, and they wish that these were kept over the 7300 class GP3802's. They also say that these were better than the 7600 class GP39-2, which came new.
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