boB, was that a bit unnerving? Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM, "shabbona_rr" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ALCo’s > > > > 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 > > > > > > >
