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I have two questions. Question #1) I heard it mentioned that GE used 6 GTO (Gated Turn-On) inverters per axle in it's AC4400CW. Assuming that the AC traction ...
Found this web site on ALCO/GE/IR survivor box cabs around the world. thought it may be of interest: http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/boxcir91.html ...
With respect to GE's participation in the light rail market, I would simply second the comments of those who described GE's role as a supplier of components....
... Gate Turn Off (SCRs/thyristors) ... SCR/thyristors. (And i suspect there are multiple SCRs per channe, each maing up 'an inverter'. Takes several to get...
And what railroad - freight, passenger or otherwise is doing all that well: UP, BNSF, CSX, NS? How well is Chrysler, Ford, GM and McDonald's doing in the USA?...
With the forum now having surpassed 300 members, I decided to seek some help with managing it, and Steve Faulkner has kindly agreed to take on the mantle. Born...
There is one MAJOR difference with heavy and LRT cars. With the, say, AC4400, there is a basic body and mechanicals. Sure, there is some customization, but...
To me it would be capacity. Does GE have the capacity to build bid on Light Rail Transit contracts. Plus Bombardier's plant in Thunder Bay is all but shut...
... Several.. ... How many GE locos do they buy? ... How many GE Locos do they buy? ... Why? ... Most companies thrive on quantity. With desirable lives of 20...
perhaps there is more money (jobs) in supplying components. For an admittedly iff analogy: There were two ways to make money off gold mining: Mining Gold ...
... At the appropriate time and place and to the right people - that I agree with. But to a production employee guiding a courtesy tour of the GETS plant? I...
... this point in time there appears to be very little happening in that regard. That plant just received a modest order for GO coaches and is still active in...
True Can Car has some buisiness, but it is no where at capacity. All the bays were full of cars when I worked there, and from what I had been told, there were...
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I opened it with Microsoft Works word processor. It then gives you the option to save it in Word 6.0 format. God luck!!! www.WesternMarylandSurvivors.com ...
I think a tour of the GE plant would be great. It would be interesting to see the what they do in house and sub out. I would expect that they would have a...
If I may make a suggestion Dave, how about replacing it with a .txt file, this way us low end web browser users can see it as well.... Thanks, Joseph Douglas...
I think the one important thing to remember here is that we are going to be trying very hard to get into the good graces with General Electric as a company.. ...
... Better yet, posting files in .rtf (Rich Text Format) allows for bold, underlines italics (if used) to remain in the files while all word processing and...
Can anyone add any newer numbers to this list? I am missing the CEFX/CP, NS and Ferromex units. 55070 55110 CP 9800-9840 AC4400CW 55111 55113 VICTORIA...
Mike Question 1. In order to generate 3 Phase AC there must be 6 devices to control DC to AC output. Consider trying to generate single phase AC from a DC...
I have two comments on the mass transit market topic to make. 1) Remember when both EMD and GE exited the passenger locomotive market a couple of years ago?...
I believe that most of the newer AC4400s now use IGBT (Insulated gate bipolar transistors) insted of GTOs in their six inverters. I suspect in either case they...
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Jonathan Guy
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Jan 1, 2005 8:59 pm
NS 9904, a C40-9W, in primer has the usual shade of NS handrail yellow on the front engineer's handrail and stepwell. A more flourescent yellow is on the...
Sean, Your right almost 100 percent except that webtv dosen't read rtf or pdf files, only txt, and there are over a million of us on this platform last I...
