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Date: 02/06/06 17:17
A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: 3rdswitch

Not the greatest of photos, BUT, it wasn't too common to catch an actual A-B-B-A set of these beasts. May '77 near City of Industry, CA.
JB

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Date: 02/06/06 17:31
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: alex14ramos

Sweet!

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Date: 02/06/06 18:37
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: bill_whh

NOW thats some power i would have liked to get my hands on.
Be kinda hard to switch 4 loaded gondolas on 12 degree curves on 2% grades with those things.

Bill in Ohio

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Date: 02/06/06 18:51
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: cs16

bill_whh Wrote:
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> NOW thats some power i would have liked to get my
> hands on.
> Be kinda hard to switch 4 loaded gondolas on 12
> degree curves on 2% grades with those things.
>
> Bill in Ohio


They were built to handle a 20 degree curve coupled.

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Date: 02/06/06 19:12
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: SantaFe4644

Nice Shot!!!!!!!!, That's Real 10,000 HP!! with 8 V16-567-D2's hard at work with 36 GE 752 Traction motors. (Does anyone know why EMD used the GE 752 motors on the DD35 and the DD35A instead of EMD's D67 motors?)
Santa Fe 4644 West out

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Date: 02/06/06 19:22
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: tracktime

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> Nice Shot!!!!!!!!, That's Real 10,000 HP!! with 8
> V16-567-D2's hard at work with 36 GE 752 Traction
> motors.

I think you mean 20,000 horsepower.. 2500hp x 2 x 4 units

Like I said before, wish I was just a couple o' years older to get my drivers license then to see these things!

Cheers,
Harry

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Date: 02/06/06 20:36
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: Espee4Ever

Awesome consist. Great photo, thanks for sharing.

--espee4ever

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Date: 02/06/06 20:48
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: Mgoldman

Dang!
They did that in '77?
We'll have to move the "It's all gone to crap" up a few years.

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Date: 02/07/06 11:56
Re: A-B-B-A UP style in '77
Author: SantaFe4644

Thank U Don and Harry
I knew Don would have the answer that I was looking for, He's the UP power guru for I have your books, I shall seek more often for UP info <G>
Harry ur right, those units r so huge and impressive that I had a hard time on the HP equivilance for them.
Thank U both
Santa Fe 4644 West out

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