Re: SD&AE - way out east
Author: GCRY_4960
Date: 04-09-2017 - 20:30
SP5103 Wrote:
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> 645 to 567 change occured before IN&P bought them.
> They wanted turbocharged engines for lower fire
> danger and extended ramge dynamics due to grades.
> Loco dealer (NRE?) wanted 645s for another
> project. Other group of early engines were GP35s
> on Alco trucks - but they had factory extended
> range dynamics. All original engines gone from
> INPR which now uses various GP7/9 rebuilds for
> their remaining operations out of La Grande and
> Emmett.
Did PIR ever fired them up or tested them while on the SD&AE? MTS has confiscated them after PIR dissappeared.