Re: Siemens SC-44 bad behaver - California
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 03-24-2019 - 00:27
>Someone coined the phrase “bad behaver” regarding locos that fail while on the road repeatidly.
Sometimes we used the term "sick puppy".
>Applied to P-42 & 59PHI here in California.
Not very often. These terms have also been applied to GP-9s, SDP-45s, F-40s, etc.
> Caltrans cap corridor has a new Siemens SC-44 number 2107 that had failed on multiple runs.
I don't know what people expect from super glitzy, over-computerized European wonders.
>The last failure was a couple months ago and it has been out of the fleet.
Just saw it running solo.
>So it must have been repaired and usually runs with another loco for proof testing.
Then it was down for repairs, not "out of the fleet".