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Looking at that photo I wonder how strong the plow are is on the Charger. Will it end up like the Rotem cars and not be strong enough to keep the train on the rails when a crossing incident occurs?

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Exact same design as the ACS64. Go look at the crash photos of the two wrecked on the NEC. They did pretty well considering.

atsf121 Wrote:
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> Looking at that photo I wonder how strong the plow
> are is on the Charger. Will it end up like the
> Rotem cars and not be strong enough to keep the
> train on the rails when a crossing incident
> occurs?
>
> Posted from iPhone

The Charger Locomotive sure reminds me of a LRC ( Light Rapid Comfortable )

I know you're all gonna disagree but the P42 looks MILES better than that new crap.

1976 Wrote:
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> I know you're all gonna disagree but the P42 looks
> MILES better than that new crap.

I'll be the first to disagree, but then I vote for a return to PA's and E-units. 

KC - it's all "you know what" now...

1976 Wrote:
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> I know you're all gonna disagree but the P42 looks
> MILES better than that new crap.

No disagreement here.

Six of One...
SR

I prefer the Siemens look. What I don't like is the huge "X" grill on the side. How are they going to keep snow out of there ?

The only thing in there is the radiator (cooling plant as they call it), so there is no concern of snow or water getting into that section of the locomotive. Now, if someone leaves the engine room door or rear equipment room door open, that is a whole other story!
joemvcnj Wrote:
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> I prefer the Siemens look. What I don't like is
> the huge "X" grill on the side. How are they going
> to keep snow out of there ?

Looks like the door into the cab is a couple steps lower in the Charger.

Both uugly..........

Strange, but true; they're both siemens designs.  The "Genssis Series" lines were based on ICE-1 lines; lines here referto design lineage.

How well will that Charger inake fare when ingesting a good amount of powdered snow?
I prefer the new EMD/Cat design.  Too bad it doesn't run for $h!t.


joemvcnj Wrote:
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> I prefer the Siemens look. What I don't like is
> the huge "X" grill on the side. How are they going
> to keep snow out of there ?

KM-ML4000 Wrote:
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> Exact same design as the ACS64. Go look at the
> crash photos of the two wrecked on the NEC. They
> did pretty well considering.
>
> atsf121 Wrote:
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> > Looking at that photo I wonder how strong the
> plow
> > are is on the Charger. Will it end up like the
> > Rotem cars and not be strong enough to keep the
> > train on the rails when a crossing incident
> > occurs?
> >
> > Posted from iPhone

Good to hear they held up, will have to find the photos.

Chargers look a lot better than those worn out cheap sardine cans.

I love sardines..........

I've always liked the Genesis units, but I believe the Chargers will eventually be the engine that phases them out. There's really no comparison to design, they're both different. I like them both. But I will miss Genesis when they're gone.

I will say, though, that this Charger design looks way better than the bullet-nose Brightline versions. The engines are just too tall to make a bullet nose look that good. Plus there may be more protection for the crew without it, in the event of a crossing accident. At least it looks that way to me.