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- From: bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill Smith)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: Smokey Alcos...(Was: Re: GE chugging)
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:38:01 GMT
- Organization: Brigham Young University
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- References: <1992Nov22.015323.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>
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- In article <1992Nov22.015323.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>
- khartman@fnalo.fnal.gov writes:
- > In article <1992Nov18.145240.16329@bony1.bony.com>,
- billg@bony1.bony.com
- > (Bill Gripp) writes:
- > [Other text deleted]
-
- > > What is really dramatic is to find a U34CH which needs a tune up.
- Catch
- > > one of those accelerating from a station stop and not only do you
- get
- > > that chug, but black smoke that almost rivals the best Alcos!
- >
- >
- >
- > Yeah, what about the smokey Alcos? What is the general
- opinion on
-
- I think it was indeed turbo design. Anyway, you should have
- seen the good old C855's. Talk about Mt. St. Helens.
- On the maiden voyage of the things out of Omaha when they
- finally reached transition, there was a tremendous explosion
- in all three of them. The Alco engineers had wired the
- transistion circuitry across the cabinets instead of the
- traction motors. Scared the crew to death! UP never
- trusted them to be main power again. Too bad. They
- were really ugly-pretty!
- -Bill
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