thanks for the reply its much appreciated,thanks, derek
GE JUST DON'T MAKE TOASTERS YA KNOW!
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GulfRail wrote:What about the "Super Sevens?" Do they count?These were mentioned back on page one by TomJohn.
D.Carleton wrote:This reminds me of something a FM field tech told me, "EMD's are easy to work on and it's a good thing... you're always working on 'em."that's funny i love it !
Thanks for your input mbsmike and welcome aboard.
Most railroads rebuilt there GEs at least once, that is part of normal service life. EMDs need more frequent rebuilding than GE or Alco from all Ive seen in the biz... after the 90's, when you take a locomotive apart and look at the components, you clearly see how much more heavy duty the GE equipment is compared to EMD, you could teach children to rebuild EMDs. Thats why there so popular to rebuild at end of life cycle, ease and low cost.Do older EMDs really need more frequent rebuilding, or are they are simply kept in service longer? Most of the rebuilt EMDs currently in service are 30, 40, sometimes over 50 years old. I'm thinking of BNSF's many old units rebuilt to GP38-2/GP39 standards, or the rebuilt GP9s still in widespread use on CN and CP. I'd wager that a significantly smaller percentage of contemporary GE U-boat production is still in use; old GEs just seem to be retired more often than rebuilt.
Super Seis wrote:How about removing 50% of the PA's ?do they still run ok? after they actually remove power assemblies?
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Super Seis wrote:How about removing 50% of the PA's ?Norfolk Southern actually experimented with that idea when they rebuilt a small number of GP-9s for transfer service. They actually did remove 4 power assemblies on the units 567-16 engines in an attempt to make them operate as 12 cylinders. The program was not a success due to balancing issues with the crankshafts..
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