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What is it and where might this be? (might be easy, so give a guess...) 

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Nohab of some kind, Sweden?

Pretty close, contratulations, this is one of the Danish units! Basically the same production, same units, just different time period.

What can you tell about the main engine of this unit? Or anyone else of us on TOC might add this too?

MitchGDRMCo Wrote:
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> Nohab of some kind, Sweden?

Anyone? This should be an easy one once you know basic locomotion across the big waters.

The exhaust vent at the bottom must be part of a steam generator?

Hmm...could be? (my book on these is missing for time being, but as they replaced steam, it is likely that initially the passenger equipment was steam heated) 

I think you've seen these fans on Santa Fe locos, haven't you...could you tell others which engine is running under the cowling here? No trick here, it is indeed what it looks like.

ATSF3751 Wrote:
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> The exhaust vent at the bottom must be part of a
> steam generator?

Fairbanks Morse.

Yes, maybe they used the same fans, as far as we both remember.

Labby Wrote:
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> Fairbanks Morse.

And it might be time for me to help as nobody on this forum recognizes a typical older F unit fan. Funny, I tried to look for pictures from above from my colllection and they are nonexistent. But let's thank Gerry for his excellent picture with a quadruple galloping horse!

Anyone with a picture from above of an _early_ F unit?

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Might as well take the mystery away: here is the EMD 567 prime mover with all its beauty, cylinders, exhaus stacks and four fans! Still can't figure out how nobody could recognize it the moment I uploaded the picture... :/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/15 09:40 by McKey.

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For comparison, here is a picture of EMD 16-645. One of the DSB Mys was equipped later with one of these. Probably either one of the locos that went bathing into sea when doing switching next to ferry connection. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/15 09:49 by McKey.

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Why did they go to the trouble to move all those fans?

tomstp Wrote:
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> Why did they go to the trouble to move all those
> fans?

It is they way that Nohab, the builder, placed them. These locomotives were not built by EMD, the merely supplied kits. Nohab built the body, including a cab on each end, and installed the EMD parts.

Yes, it must have been the placement, groupinh instead of putting them in line.

SOO6617 Wrote:
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> tomstp Wrote:
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> > Why did they go to the trouble to move all
> those
> > fans?
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> It is they way that Nohab, the builder, placed
> them. These locomotives were not built by EMD, the
> merely supplied kits. Nohab built the body,
> including a cab on each end, and installed the EMD
> parts.