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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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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
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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George Andrews Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> OPRRMS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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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