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Post by grahamline on Aug 4, 2015 15:51:03 GMT -8
Looks like those couplers still need to be drilled for the trip pin down the center of the head. :-)
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Post by roadkill on Aug 5, 2015 14:52:32 GMT -8
When dealing with ANY rebuilt unit, the model designation is a fluid issue. Milwaukee Road when it rebuilt its GP9's called them "GP20's" and even got GP20 model designation plates from EMD. At the same time as Milwaukee rebuilt its SD7's and some SD9's it called the rebuilt units "SD10's" and even have custom EMD "SD10" model designation plates added to the rebuilds. Illinois Central and later Illinois Central Gulf gave us GP8, GP10, GP11 and SD20's out of the roads Paducah, Kentucky shops. Family Lines had the model designation of GP16 for the GP7 and 9's that were rebuilt at it's Tampa, Florida shops. Seaboard System chopped the boiler portion of the car body out, rebuilt the rear steps to a standard EMD climb but retained the squared off rear section of its former SAL and L&N SDP35's and called them H15's as they were rebuilt for hump service. You can add Chessie to that list with the five turbo-lobotomized SD35s (rebuilt for the then-new Queensgate Yard in Cinci) which they classified as SD20-2's.
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Post by Spikre on Aug 5, 2015 16:18:18 GMT -8
?? some of the 1st Pudacah rebuilds were EMD Switchers and E Units. but eventually the GP7 and GP9 rebuilds were their main stays. Spikre
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2015 13:44:02 GMT -8
One engineer on IC wasn't too fond of the SD20s...as he quipped:
"If u dropped one of these out of an airplane at 30,000 feet, it would only make 20 MPH while falling to the ground..."
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