I got to thinking - If they were derated substanitally, besides the excitation changes they may also need to change the turbocharger model to match the engine...
The current does NOT normally go down at higher speeds and higher voltages. The generator's output is controlled by varying the excitation as well as the...
Indeed! Under constant power conditions the traction motor current must go down as speed increases. Power is proportional to the product of torque and speed....
Group, I am going to kitbash a ES23DC in N scale. I would like to hear from you what kind of paint scheme GE might have of used if they had built this model....
... Hi, Do you mean the Toledo, Lake Erie and Western RR? They have Ann Arbor RR #1 which is a Whitcomb 44 tonner built in 1941; I can't find any reference to...
John ; Thanks for the reply. Thats the only data that was given to me. Its proven a dead end so far. David A. Dallner ... From: steinannejohn Sent: Feb 18,...
David  Do you have the serial number for the loco off the builders plates? IF the builders plate is missing the serial number is stamped in the same location...
The museum is not open. The materials have been moved to a building inside the complex with very limited, or actually, no access. GE has not decided what to...
Hi all, Rio Tinto 8172-8186 are GE # 60770-60784, with 8172-8174 arriving in Australia soon Of the 60xxx series, I am missing: 60275 60460-60461 60525-60526 ...
Would anyone know what the standard battery was for the GE 44 ton loco. I was looking around trying to find a new set for mine and wasn't having much luck on a...
Jamie, My experience with locomotive batteries: Don't worry about the original part number. Batteries are batteries, but it is worth investing in the better...
Dan-- Sometimes I wonder why some common sense doesn't prevail in engineering. The D17000 engine came with a gasoline starting mo [Non-text portions of...
Ooopps did it again. Pressed the send button--will I ever learn. Anyway why didn't they keep the starter motor on one of the engines and then start the...
Dan  I was looking at the same set. I had referenced the smaller ones as the replacement unit for the Exide. were in the same boat as your 70 ton just don't...
Hello Group: I am looking for the builders data for a GE 25 ton that was at roaring camp and big trees felton ca. and went to hawaii in trade in 2010 or 2011...
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This was the unit that was damaged during delivery to the UK in January 2011.Since it was returned to the GE plant at Erie(around July 2011),we railfans over...
Hello group: I am looking for the correct builders data on A GE SL144 built 4-92 built for Petroleos Mexicanos/ Pemex Mexico. The Builders serial given is...
I now have my second Athearn GTEL, UP 60, a standard turbine with gray trucks. The GTEL verandas all have the standard GE axle generators for wheel slip...
I had a GREAT railfanning while on vacation in Erie, PA. I saw seven brand new units that were going to Brazil being shove out of the GE Plant and I saw three...
Another Yahoo group linked the following to what I am presuming where the same Brailian units: http://members.trainorders.com/ddavies/News/ALL8305-1.jpg Are...
Sean KNOWS, but there is supporting photographic evidence: the photo Dan linked to is too small to count engine-compartment doors, but the radiator "wingspan"...
