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Re: MLW RSD 17
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 09-09-2018 - 05:49

SP5103 Wrote:
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> Also slightly different body contour typical of
> MLW built Alco designs.
>
> The trucks were supposedly hard on poor track, but
> then again GE's Universals used the same design
> until GE went to their FB truck (U28C?) and Alco
> went to their Hi-Ad (C630/636?).


And that seems to be the mystery about the trucks. CP had multiple failures which kept it close to home.

From the Elgin County Railway museum website “This locomotive was nicknamed the “Empress of Agincourt” for several reasons. First, because it is the only RSD-17 ever built. Second, it had a reputation for breaking down. #8921 spent a lot of time in the Agincourt rail yards (near Toronto) due to the ineffective wheel alignment changes it underwent.”

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  MLW RSD 17 HUTCH 7.62 09-08-2018 - 08:21
  Re: MLW RSD 17 Bill Maltby 09-08-2018 - 12:59
  Re: MLW RSD 17 HUTCH 7.62 09-08-2018 - 13:49
  Re: MLW RSD 17 OPRRMS 09-08-2018 - 15:28
  Re: MLW RSD 17 SP5103 09-08-2018 - 17:48
  Re: MLW RSD 17 HUTCH 7.62 09-09-2018 - 05:49
  Re: MLW RSD 17 George Andrews 09-09-2018 - 09:16
  Re: MLW RSD 17 HUTCH 7.62 09-10-2018 - 11:53


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