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- From: 737ochs@gw.wmich.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad
- Subject: Re: All about Diesels (LONG!)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.185051.6484@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 18:50:51 EST
- References: <BxxpBL.LC4@access.digex.com> <1992Nov19.025415.6438@gw.wmich.edu> <1992Nov19.223724.21662@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.223724.21662@engage.pko.dec.com>, pierson@cimcad.enet.dec.com (Dave Pierson) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov19.025415.6438@gw.wmich.edu>, 737ochs@gw.wmich.edu writes...
- > I shouldn't even pick nits on Fred's excellent piece (which should be
- > a FAQ, somewhere...)
- >
- >>EMD's first main model was the FT which I'm sure stood for freight
- >>It had 1350 HP(horse power) They were designed to be semi-permanently
- >>coupled and sold usually as sets. They came in both A and B.
- > ummmmm. EMD had been shipping the passenger E's in sufficient quantity,
- > I think, to class that as the first main unit. In any case, _switchers_
- > now forgotten, or replaced by downrated road units, were the first
- > numerically significant. Diesel has more advantages over steam
- > as switching power than as road power.
-
- oops sorry, forgot about that, they had been building them in the 30's.
- Oh well, thanks for the clarification.
- >>F2A,F2B 1350HP
- >>F3A,F3B,F7A,F7B 1500HP
- >>F9A,F9B 1750 HP
- > I would add the FL9, the diesel/third rail units built for NYNH&H
- > (and STILL running...) More were built of these than the BL1's. They
- > operated (operate...) thru trains to Grand Central Terminal, by running
- > off third rail.
-
- I totally forgot about the FL9, never having seen one (course I haven't seen
- most of the others either) but it was also an uncommon engine. I made sure
- to include the BL1/BL2 since it's one of my favorite engines ;^)
- (The RR I model CSX, most of it's predeccesors had BL2's, C&O,PM,WM,MONON,
- 1/2 of CE&I which went into L&N)
-
- >
- >>We also have the E unit, which is like the F unit, except it has 3 axle
- >>trucks, called A1A since the center axle is not powered
- >>They also have 2 engines in them, to give them more HP.
- >>Here are the models:
- >>EA,EB,E1A,E1B,E2A,E2B 1800HP
- >>E3A,E3B,E4A,E4B,E5A,E5B,E6A,E6B,E7A,E7B 2000HP
- >>E8A,E8B 2250 HP
- >>E9A,E9B 2400 HP
- >
- > thanks
- > dave pierson |the facts, as accurately as i can manage,
- > Digital Equipment Corporation |the opinions, my own.
- > 40 Old Bolton Rd |I am the NRA.
- > Stow, Mass 01775 pierson@msd26.enet.dec.com
- > "He has read everything, and, to his credit, written nothing." A J Raffles
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