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Re: Some Colton Action in 1987
Author: George Andrews
Date: 11-02-2019 - 15:19

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> George Andrews Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Seeing all four GP-40X units MU'ed together,
> > almost ten years after they were bought,
> indicates
> > to me perhaps a special test run. The SDP - 45 /
> 3
> > each SD-39's / Low - nose GP9R consist was
> cool
> > too.
>
> By the time of the video, the GP40X's were
> assigned to the "Basin Hauler Pool" in Southern
> California, along with the SDP45's and SD39's
> (the consist shown at about the 13:00 mark). It
> wasn't unusual for all four units to run together,
> if available.

Yea, I just read in Joe Strapac's Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 15, page 34 : " ... their demanding electrical systems meant that they didn't operate well with other units -- so they frequently ran as a four - unit set. "

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  Some Colton Action in 1987 BNSF1995 11-01-2019 - 18:05
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 George Andrews 11-01-2019 - 18:36
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 HUTCH 7.62 11-01-2019 - 18:56
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 OPRRMS 11-01-2019 - 20:21
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 Ed Johnson 11-07-2019 - 14:51
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 OPRRMS 11-01-2019 - 20:16
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 Jack S 11-02-2019 - 04:59
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 George Andrews 11-02-2019 - 15:19
  Re: Some Colton Action in 1987 HUTCH 7.62 11-02-2019 - 16:10


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