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Re: State Belt Railroad #25 -- final days?
Author: JOHN
Date: 01-08-2018 - 15:27
Donate it to Samuels' operation!
Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> Jon Wrote:
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> > Are they trading it in for a repowered core of
> > another loco, or is Knoxville repowering #25
> with
> > a new MTU engine, alternator, and electronics?
> It
> > seems to me that they could just as easily use
> #25
> > as a core as an EMD SW that they pick up
> > somewhere.
> >
> > KLW SE15B & SE10B: Switchers for the 21st
> Century
>
>
> Kinda like apples vs oranges.
>
> With the old Alco you have Blunt trucks and
> friction bearings plus a frame that's probably
> been in a collision or two and a hood that isn't
> large enough for the prime mover, gear reduction
> and EMD alternator.
>
> An EMD GP-style under frame (possibly reused from
> a good donor), Blomberg trucks with EMD D-78
> traction motors and a whole new carbody is the way
> to go since the electricals are EMD and parts
> availability is what matters down the road.
>
> I think their concept of using the AR10 alternator
> with the 2:1 gearbox is genius!
>
> Dick Samuels
>
> When public money is involved nothing is left to
> chance...first rate all the way...after all...WE
> can afford it!
Shortline Sammie Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Jon Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Are they trading it in for a repowered core of
> > another loco, or is Knoxville repowering #25
> with
> > a new MTU engine, alternator, and electronics?
> It
> > seems to me that they could just as easily use
> #25
> > as a core as an EMD SW that they pick up
> > somewhere.
> >
> > KLW SE15B & SE10B: Switchers for the 21st
> Century
>
>
> Kinda like apples vs oranges.
>
> With the old Alco you have Blunt trucks and
> friction bearings plus a frame that's probably
> been in a collision or two and a hood that isn't
> large enough for the prime mover, gear reduction
> and EMD alternator.
>
> An EMD GP-style under frame (possibly reused from
> a good donor), Blomberg trucks with EMD D-78
> traction motors and a whole new carbody is the way
> to go since the electricals are EMD and parts
> availability is what matters down the road.
>
> I think their concept of using the AR10 alternator
> with the 2:1 gearbox is genius!
>
> Dick Samuels
>
> When public money is involved nothing is left to
> chance...first rate all the way...after all...WE
> can afford it!
