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Re: Continued...
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 11-07-2017 - 12:06

WAF Wrote:
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> Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ..the time SP was getting SD45T2s, they were
> > discontinuing the BAK/TF pool. SSWs tunnels
> were
> > ordered to operate system wide. Diesels are
> > utilized best when they can run long distances,
> > and be able to be turned at any point for
> another
> > long run.
>
> Actually the LA Bk pool didn’t break up until
> maybe late 1975 or early 1976. The use of remotes
> on Tehachapi made the pool redundant

And, that is ABOUT the time the Tunnels were being delivered. The whole deal with the BAK/TF pool was to concentrate high tractive effort units in the Tehachapis. But with the acquisition of high HP 20 cylinder units, that became a moot point.

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  A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? Pdxrailtransit 11-07-2017 - 11:28
  Continued... Pdxrailtransit 11-07-2017 - 11:33
  Re: Continued... WAF 11-07-2017 - 11:36
  Re: Continued... Pdxrailtransit 11-07-2017 - 12:06
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? WAF 11-07-2017 - 11:34
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? It's the "coolest" engine.... BOB2 11-07-2017 - 11:45
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? theconductor 11-07-2017 - 13:15
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? Ed Workman 11-07-2017 - 15:47
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? Pdxrailtransit 11-07-2017 - 19:38
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? George Andrews 11-07-2017 - 21:32
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? Craig Tambo 11-08-2017 - 00:01
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? J 11-08-2017 - 05:34
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? Ed Workman 11-08-2017 - 07:17
  Re: A Donner Only Tunnel Motor Pool? WAF 11-08-2017 - 13:31


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