Re: It looks like *LINK*
| September 29, 2005 09:59AM |
Would have sworn she was down here but I'm gettin older and memory sometimes fades. 
" /> Of course, there are no photos in my vast collection. Just like the PA's on the Santa Fe San Diegans, they were too common to take pictures of. Until they were gone. Ouch. I am surprised to hear you say the engines didn't have dynamic braking but further checking reveals you are absolutely correct. Sure used to sound like they had 'em when they were coming down off Grossmont and through the cemetery. Maybe just the tall gearing. Dynamics and the axle loading was always the reason given for their existence. But then we young railfans would believe anything.....
Interesting data sheet on the engines is attached.
" /> Of course, there are no photos in my vast collection. Just like the PA's on the Santa Fe San Diegans, they were too common to take pictures of. Until they were gone. Ouch. I am surprised to hear you say the engines didn't have dynamic braking but further checking reveals you are absolutely correct. Sure used to sound like they had 'em when they were coming down off Grossmont and through the cemetery. Maybe just the tall gearing. Dynamics and the axle loading was always the reason given for their existence. But then we young railfans would believe anything.....Interesting data sheet on the engines is attached.
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