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I am looking for drawings and pictures, especially a roof view of GE lease locomotive B23-7S 2002, or any other B23-7S. I want to model her as she was leased...
Caught Q409 with ES44DC's 5212-5213 in primer paint with no identification other than road numbers on the cab sides and in the number boards. Units also had a...
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DON ZIMMERMAN
DENNRRA@...
Sep 2, 2005 2:44 am
DLW Hate to disagree with you but GECX 606 and 607 was for a very very short time was designated as B36-8 and C36-8 and was upgrades to full 3900 hp with in...
... Same as any other turbine, which can be found on the web, or any library.. (That is, any one which delivers power to a shaft, as opposed to pure thrust,...
... called C39-9 why I don't know as the prime mover has a good number of up grades, inside cab designation was gone . Don, The photo I saw on RailPictures.Net...
... My understanding was that, given the heavy oil used by the UP gas turbines, the fuel was always heated by a steam generator on board each locomotive. The...
This is just a reminder (and perhaps news to those who have joined us recently) that some members of this forum have decided to organize a General Electric...
CSXT 5201 on Q400 by the A 17.4 DD Box Chesterfield VA at 1015 northbound 542 axels Trey Biscoe Colonial Heights, Virginia CSXT North End Subdivision CSXT...
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DON ZIMMERMAN
DENNRRA@...
Sep 2, 2005 10:06 pm
David When I was on the unit in May I didn't note any unit designation in cab point me to the shot that you saw so I can make a correction , as I didn't get...
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DON ZIMMERMAN
DENNRRA@...
Sep 2, 2005 10:08 pm
Dave If you contact me off line I have some info that might interest you, regarding the 8500HP GTEL DENNRRA@...<mailto:DENNRRA@...> Thanks Don ... ...
... The Florida East Coast Railway is supposed to have two ES44DCs for testing during the month of September, and these are rumoured to be the locomotives in...
One of the interesting features (as yet unremarked) on the UP GTEL's 1-29 was the presence of a large gearbox to step down the turbine speed and drive (4) four...
... An interesting query, to which i do not have an answer. It is apropos to note the '....other division....', which might well have been associated with GE's...
Hi again, Thannks for your answers and precisions. I found a Tom Lee book on internet and should got it next week. We got some Turbine Multiple Unit here in...
... Ca fait plaisir, Renaud. I'm glad you got hold of the ideal companion to Jack Wolff's book. ... working ... The RTG power plants were a lot smaller, of...
... Sadly, John cancelled this meeting on Thursday. He did indicate he'll try again, and I invited his Alcophile companions to participate in our initial...
... The most successful applications of 'gas' turbines seem to be HS passenger work. This sort of matches the power/efficiency curves: at full throttle...
The Western Region of British Rail had two experimental GTEL locomotives. (Given the long lead-time involved in new technology projects, they were probably...
Hi folks, GE and Alco have shared a long common history. Many older Alcos had the mechanical voltage regulators replaced with solid-state "cards" that can be...
... From: "Ralph Bonanno" <rcbsd45@...> To: <LocoNotes@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 15:56 Subject: [LocoNotes] A close up look at...
The initial meeting of the General Electric locomotive society will take place at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society museum in North East, PA, on the...
I have a copy of Alco MI-24030 "Circuit Analysis-Voltage Regulation FH20 Regulator" that I can drop right into the mail. I know that I can turn up a generic...
Believe that the gas turbines used in the GE GTEL's were called "heavy frame"-for obvious reasons. Today, most of the rail apps (plus marine CODAG type...
... of ... Brown ... breakdowns. ... Quite possibly the book you are referring to is: The Great Western Railway Gas Turbines: A Myth Exposed Kevin Robertson ...
... GTEL's ... turbine ... building ... would ... well ... (which ... fast, if ... electric ... I don't recall seeing any mention of the gearbox origins in any...
Hi all, Rumours here are that Queensland Rail has ordered from GE [in America?] new standard guage bogies for a number of narrow guage locos to be transferred...
