The last two comments were OBVIOUSLY just pure humor... Have a little fun, dude.

But I insist... throwing in a 645 into one woulda been bitchin...

B6sa Wrote:
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> Ron, you and Joe are both full of beans. Just
> exactly how many 12-cylinder turbocharged 567s
> were built, anyway?
>
> Joe, the Santa Fe units lasted throgh much of
> the train-off period prior to Amtrak. SF didn't
> need them any more.
>
> Besides, one has to wonder why the Mensa
> candidate
> in the Santa Fe mechanical department thought 250
> less horsepower would equal the performance 2000.
>
>
>
>
> ron Wrote:
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> > well George, you can always make a 567 into a
> > turbocharged one ala GP35...
> >
> > Bill Maltby Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > They forgot to drop in a 645...
> > >
> > > This was done in 1955 in the 567 era.
> > >
> > > Extra 2200 South in Issue 130 says "EMD tried
> > very
> > > hard to convince the Santa Fe they should
> > > re-engine their PA1/PB1 fleet with General
> > Motors
> > > engines, and the railroad tried it out by
> > having
> > > the 51, 51A and 63 re-engined with 567C
> > engines.
> > > The Santa Fe found out all too quickly that
> > they
> > > now had three 1750 HP locomotives rather that
> > > three 2000 HP locomotives, and the reduction
> in
> > > horsepower had a significant impact on their
> > > performance. At 5250 HP the 51-set could not
> > > maintain the schedules with the same trains.
> As
> > a
> > > result no more PA1/PB1 locomotives were
> > > re-engined. The only way around the problem
> was
> > to
> > > try and restrict the three units in the 51
> set
> > to
> > > lighter trains, or not run them together so
> the
> > > loss of horsepower had less effect. They
> spent
> > a
> > > lot of time in California on Los Angeles -
> San
> > > Diego trains."
> > >
> > > The three units kept their GE 746 traction
> > motors
> > > and the GE 5GT566 main generator.
> > >
> > > The 51C (ex 63) was retired in 1966 after a
> > wreck.
> > > The other two were retired in June 1968 about
> > the
> > > same time as most other PA's.