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- From: romeo@niagara.Tymnet.COM (Michael Stimac)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Compound Locomotives
- Message-ID: <2848@tymix.Tymnet.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:07:58 GMT
- References: <BxBEI9.5px@fc.hp.com> <0iXcuB3w164w@cellar.org> <1992Nov18.125904.23699@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov18.125904.23699@engage.pko.dec.com> pierson@ggone.enet.dec.com (Dave Pierson) writes:
- >
- > This would have been a little tricky. The first GG1 (4799, later 4800)
- > ran in 1934. The first A (I looked it up) dates to 1936 (unless the
- > reference is wrong.
- >
- > The GG1 apparently evolved from tests PRR ran on a borrowed NYNH&H
- > electric (351?). Another precursor was the CUT design of electric.
- >
-
- Dave, thanks for correcting the chronology.
-
- The original GG-1 ("old rivets") was built as #4899, then became
- the #4800 when its design was selected for large-scale production.
-
- The design competitor for the GG-1 class was the 4-D-4 R-1. Only
- one R-1 was built. It was built as #4800, then changed to #4899
- when the 4-C+C-4 design was found superior. The R-1 was later
- changed again to #4999 when GG-1 production exceeded 100 units.
-
- My source says the New Haven engine was of the EP-3 class, but
- the specific engine # is not provided.
-
- Michael Stimac
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