Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> >I'm sure many of you will hate me for this, but
> aren't there a bunch of them still out there?
>
> There are quite a few, and all have had the
> transformers drained, flushed, and had sand
> sprinkled inside to absorb any PCB remnants.
>
> The one at IRM caused some sort of an internal EPA
> scandal because one region of the EPA wanted it
> out of the state where it was in order to indulge
> in some statistical hocus-pocus because if it went
> out of state, cleaned or not, it could be counted
> as "remedied" in their region. I forget whether it
> was remedied before departure, enroute, or after
> it arrived IRM, and the process involved removing
> the transformer, which had the switch group
> attached to it. I think someone went to a scrap
> yard and obtained a replacement switch group (it's
> been a while since I heard about this, so I'm
> probably a little off here and there in the
> story).
>
> PCBs (poly chlorinated biphenyls) are not only
> carcinogenic, they cause DNA replication errors,
> which is the main reason they now so verboten.
>
> As for the cracked frames, the seriousness of this
> varies depending on how they were repaired.
> Nonetheless, it can be remedied (special welding
> practices, followed by stress relief, soaking,
> etc.); just bring that big fat checkbook.
> Personally, I'd like to see one made operational
> again; it's just that my checkbook isn't
> sufficiently rotund.

Ques for "El Doktor"--
Could you take one of the better GG-1 shells and place the electrical gear of, say,
an EMD AEM-7 locomotive inside, depending on voltage and frequency, and otherwise, a non-cracked frame and "get away with it" depending on other factors including your "checkbook" ??
Thanks in advance for your reply !!

Jack
Sparks, NV.