I remember a consist on the Santa Fe where we had a GP-30 in the lead and two Alco 'Gators in the rear. Every time the Alcos made transition, they would give the GP-30 a good solid boot in the rear drawbar.
boB Nicholson _________________________________________ ments with my cousin....Ford vs. Chevy! The way the PA's were set up with their Amplidine control, they had much quicker pickup than an E unit. I've seen several videos whereby an E unit in lead followed by a PA, the PA always accelerates much faster and consequently actually shoves the E away from a station stop until the E can make transition, even then the PA could outrun them for the most part. > In my book its Alco's - 1, EMD's - 0! > Bud Rindfleisch > > > > > > > > The most regretable part of the story is that no railroad operating in the > > Upper Midwest had any PA units. Wouldn't it have looked neat to have seen > > C&NW PA units hauling the "400" or Milwaukee Road PAs on the "Twin Cities > > Hiawatha"? My father-in-law who worked as an engineer on the Milwaukee > > between Minineapolis and LaCrosse, Wisconsin, regaled me with stories about > > the two ALCO DL-series passenger units used on the "Hiawatha". He hated > > the things, said they were not up to the two EMD E-6 units the Milwaukee > > had, so I guess that's the reason the Milwaukee turned to EMD E units for > > most of its passenger power. > > > > Oh, and how about two silver PA units on the "Twin Cities Zephyr"? I guess > > AF had the Q in mind when the company turned out silver PA units with the > > broad red no-real-road emblem on the nose, sort of looked like Q insignia > > but no cigar. > > > > Tom > > ________________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Bud > > Rindfleisch [BlackDiamondRR@] > > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 8:44 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Simulated Prototype String > > > > --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bud -- > > > > > > While I have a lot of friends who were and are in the real railroad > > > business, the closest I got to these locos was a tour through the ALCo > > > Schenectady plant while they were building the last of the Century 630s > > > (1967). An interesting tour given by a friend who was on ALCoâs > > > engineering design team (I think he took credit for that wallowing Hi-Ad > > > truck), the place was a shadow of what it must have been at one time. > > > The > > > GE plant next door was even worse... That fellow was a true nut â" he > > > used > > > an ALCo diesel piston for a pillow on his bed. > > > > Bill, Wow, a piston for a pillow???? He must've had a real "cylinder > > head" (Sorry I couldn't help myself!) > > Bud R. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
