George Andrews Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > George Andrews Wrote:
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> > > 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. "


Very interesting. I would like to know more. I am by no means an expert in Diesel Electrics