Re: Photo GP38s Helena
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 02-28-2017 - 17:36
Erik H. Wrote:
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> > > That's weird. I wonder why they don't just
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> > > the GP38's as rebuild cores for a GP39. Is't
> a
> > > GP38 just a GP39 without a turbocharger?
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> > Nope, a GP38 has 16 cyls, a GP39, 12 cyls.
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> GP38-2 and early GP39-2s are basically the same
> frame/body, so I would think it'd be easier to
> rebuild a GP38-2 into a GP39-3. Using a GP30
> carbody requires quite a bit more
> modification...however, BNSF has rebuilt plenty of
> 30s into 39s so they have experience with it.
Didn't MK/Boise Locomotive do all those?