outback
Road Foreman
Recently returned after an 8 year MR hiadus. Now wandering around the railyard again ;-)
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Post by outback on Mar 15, 2011 22:55:03 GMT -5
Spotted this today a bit closer to where I could get a couple shots.   Dunc |
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Post by johnnetzlof on Mar 17, 2011 13:38:25 GMT -5
Whats with the elephant ear shrouds?
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outback
Road Foreman
Recently returned after an 8 year MR hiadus. Now wandering around the railyard again ;-)
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Post by outback on Mar 17, 2011 22:14:19 GMT -5
I am thinking it is some sort of wind protection from the cold prairie blasts in order to keep some heat in the unit.
Another unusual feature of this unit is the sloped corners on the low nose. They're hard to make out in the picture, but I have not been able to find a photo online of anything like it, yet, to show as an example. If I get a chance at a closer shot I'll grab one, but this thing is usually across a ditch full of snow and no where near an aproach.
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Colin
Trainmaster
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Post by Colin on Mar 17, 2011 23:17:54 GMT -5
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Colin
Trainmaster
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Post by Colin on Mar 17, 2011 23:27:01 GMT -5
Looks like the link didn't work sorry guys,but I found some info from flickr which said it was built from a retired CP GP9U and is an 1800 hp 3 engine genset.
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shooter
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Post by shooter on Mar 18, 2011 23:15:01 GMT -5
At first, those gray "elephant ears" looked like the gray foam Atlas packs with their engines on the long walkways.
---jps
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outback
Road Foreman
Recently returned after an 8 year MR hiadus. Now wandering around the railyard again ;-)
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Post by outback on Mar 19, 2011 11:00:15 GMT -5
lol
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Rudy Garbely
Chairman
Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Mar 19, 2011 18:03:40 GMT -5
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outback
Road Foreman
Recently returned after an 8 year MR hiadus. Now wandering around the railyard again ;-)
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Post by outback on Mar 19, 2011 19:35:57 GMT -5
Yeah, isn't it!
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Colin
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Post by Colin on Mar 20, 2011 18:12:35 GMT -5
Thanks Rudy for fixing the link.
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Post by jeff323 on Mar 20, 2011 19:53:34 GMT -5
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