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Re: Amtrak SDP40F and train steam
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 03-25-2019 - 10:10

Beer & Pizza Wrote:
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> old diesel watcher Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > 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?

I thought only the Santa Fe had them?

Also does anyone know why Amtrak spec’d The SDP 40F’s with no front hand rail or steps?

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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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