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I always said a GE is just a glorified ALCO...
Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Jerry474 Wrote:
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> > Guys call it Alco, so I just did the same.
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> They probably know no better.
>
> In that vein, 1992 at Helper, Utah I talked with
> the guy doing the loco servicing there, SP had
> assigned a pair of General Electric B-39-8's for
> the Soldier pushers and he said those locos had
> ALCO engines in them, he said simply because they
> sounded like the Utah Rly RSD's of old that were
> around Helper. I guess it was the separate
> cylinder head design vs the boxed EMD that he was
> used to with Rio Grande power that reinforced his
> notion.
>
> Lucky he didn't try to order any spare parts.
SMITTY GOIN' LOCO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, RETIRED
Last run July 24, 1992
Sometimes I sit and wonder how come I am not in a mental institution then I take a good look around at everyone else and realize, maybe I already am!!!
Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Jerry474 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Guys call it Alco, so I just did the same.
>
> They probably know no better.
>
> In that vein, 1992 at Helper, Utah I talked with
> the guy doing the loco servicing there, SP had
> assigned a pair of General Electric B-39-8's for
> the Soldier pushers and he said those locos had
> ALCO engines in them, he said simply because they
> sounded like the Utah Rly RSD's of old that were
> around Helper. I guess it was the separate
> cylinder head design vs the boxed EMD that he was
> used to with Rio Grande power that reinforced his
> notion.
>
> Lucky he didn't try to order any spare parts.
SMITTY GOIN' LOCO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, RETIRED
Last run July 24, 1992
Sometimes I sit and wonder how come I am not in a mental institution then I take a good look around at everyone else and realize, maybe I already am!!!
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