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Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam
Author: Beer & Pizza
Date: 03-24-2019 - 18:26

old diesel watcher Wrote:
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> It never occurred to me before, but of course the
> SDPF40's had steam generators for the heritage
> fleet of cars.
>

The "Heritage Fleet" refers to Amtrak cars rebuilt to be powered/heated with Head-End Electric Power, not steam. In the East, the Broadway, Lake Shore, Capitol Limiteds and the Silver Meteor and Silver Star were the major Heritage Fleet trains. For Western trains, the older cars were replaced with Superliners. One exception would have been the short-lived Spirit of California which was equipped with Heritage Fleet sleepers.

Railbot7 Wrote:
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> This was no longer a problem with the units that
> went to freight railroads -- because they didn't
> need water in the steam generator tanks.

You have freight railroads in plural. What other railroad besides the Santa Fe got SDP40Fs for freight service?

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  Amtrak SDP40F and train steam old diesel watcher 03-23-2019 - 21:18
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Railbot7 03-23-2019 - 21:46
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Dr Zarkoff 03-24-2019 - 00:06
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam George Andrews 03-24-2019 - 21:04
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam OPRRMS 03-24-2019 - 23:34
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Dr Zarkoff 03-25-2019 - 00:41
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam WAF 03-25-2019 - 07:03
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam OPRRMS 03-25-2019 - 07:17
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam OPRRMS 03-25-2019 - 07:34
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam OPRRMS 03-23-2019 - 22:18
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Saugus srvr 03-23-2019 - 23:41
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam WAF 03-24-2019 - 07:06
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam HUTCH 7.62 03-24-2019 - 08:16
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Dr Zarkoff 03-24-2019 - 11:35
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam Beer & Pizza 03-24-2019 - 18:26
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam HUTCH 7.62 03-25-2019 - 10:10
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 ex-BN 03-25-2019 - 10:27
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 Hot Water 03-25-2019 - 11:43
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 ex-BN 03-25-2019 - 16:57
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 Hot Water 03-25-2019 - 17:38
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 ex-BN 03-25-2019 - 17:51
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 Hot Water 03-25-2019 - 18:08
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 SP5103 03-25-2019 - 21:49
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 OPRRMS 03-25-2019 - 19:20
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 George Andrews 03-25-2019 - 20:34
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 Hot Water 03-26-2019 - 09:06
  Re: Amtrak SDP40F vs. FP45 ex-BN 03-26-2019 - 12:22


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