by jaymac
It probably shouldn't have taken so long, but when I saw Dave Hutchinson's SEPO photo on NERAIL ( http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=192285 ) and Billy Wehmeyer's earlier shot of ED495 ( http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=192226 ) with 519 as the leader on both, I began the pain-filled process of thinking.
Did the 495 jobs come into existence not so much because of freight-traffic patterns but more for power-utilization needs? CSX power typically doesn't get too deep into D-2, so the 495 jobs -- theoretically at least -- could provide power for SEPO/POSE for the eastern parts of their runs and complementary power for and from the 495s.
Maybe this has already been covered, but I don't remember it.
Did the 495 jobs come into existence not so much because of freight-traffic patterns but more for power-utilization needs? CSX power typically doesn't get too deep into D-2, so the 495 jobs -- theoretically at least -- could provide power for SEPO/POSE for the eastern parts of their runs and complementary power for and from the 495s.
Maybe this has already been covered, but I don't remember it.
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