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Re: Espee and the development of the lo-nose Geep
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 02-03-2017 - 18:52
George Andrews Wrote:
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> The first low - nose EMD's, ( GP-9, GP-18, GP-20,
> and SD-24 ) came from La Grange with a large, one
> piece main windshield that had to have expensive
> to replace, even in the days before the FRA Bullet
> - Proof Glazing. Santa Fe went to the effort of
> changing over to a 2 - piece design on their
> rebuilt GP-20's and SD-26's.
> I'm not sure Espee played an active part in the
> low - nose revolution, considering that they did
> not chop - nose any of their high - nose EMD's (
> GP-9, SD-7, SD-9 ) when rebuilding them.
Thankfully, Paducah and Cleburne more than made up for that.
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> The first low - nose EMD's, ( GP-9, GP-18, GP-20,
> and SD-24 ) came from La Grange with a large, one
> piece main windshield that had to have expensive
> to replace, even in the days before the FRA Bullet
> - Proof Glazing. Santa Fe went to the effort of
> changing over to a 2 - piece design on their
> rebuilt GP-20's and SD-26's.
> I'm not sure Espee played an active part in the
> low - nose revolution, considering that they did
> not chop - nose any of their high - nose EMD's (
> GP-9, SD-7, SD-9 ) when rebuilding them.
Thankfully, Paducah and Cleburne more than made up for that.
