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Nostalgia & History > What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KMDate: 07/23/19 10:21 What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: photobob One of the crew has found that sticking your head out of an open window helps a little. Here's X-9014 east rolling down the San Joaquin Valley on a 100 plus Summer day somewhere between Manteca and Turlock.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography  Date: 07/23/19 10:29 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: trackplanner I'm sure those cabs got toasty with all that glass...
Date: 07/23/19 11:33 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: King_Coal LOL. Don't show this to the steam board!
All the glass certaining was/is unique. Thanks for sharing. Date: 07/23/19 12:00 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: AlcoRSD15 Great photo! Actually it looks like he's standing on the deck behind the cab.
- Eric B. Date: 07/23/19 12:11 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: photobob No he was leaning out of the window that the KM's had. Here's another KM on a hot day and as you can see the window behind the engineers seat is open.
Robert Morris Dunsmuir, CA Robert Morris Photography  Date: 07/23/19 18:39 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: callum_out You'll also notice there's about a hundred cars back there and one unit.
Out Date: 07/23/19 18:42 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: wpamtk Looks like the Stanislaus River bridge at Ripon.
Date: 07/24/19 06:35 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: Roadjob Awesome shot! They were truly unique in so many ways. Shame they didn't work out, but they were bucking some big competition in EMD and GE.
Bill Rettberg Bel Air, MD Date: 07/24/19 10:02 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: callum_out Neither GM or GE had any traction motor that would approach the 700 hp/axle capabiliy
of the KM. Out Date: 08/01/19 00:14 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: gobbl3gook (Because KM's didn't have traction motors, right? "Diesel hydraulic" Oil fluid drive? But the Alco dual engine locomotives did have diesel hydraulic drive axles, too, right? How many HP per axle on the ALCo dual engines?)
(answering my own question, 4300 hp, 6 axles, 717 hp/axle. So ALCo exceeded the KM's 700 hp/axle) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_DH643#/media/File:Southern_Pacific_-9152.jpg Thread drift... Ted in OR Date: 08/01/19 14:31 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: MILW16 Could the KMs MU with other engines (EMD, GE, Alco)?
Date: 08/01/19 16:27 Re: What to do on a hot day in the Valley while on a KM Author: WAF MILW16 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Could the KMs MU with other engines (EMD, GE, > Alco)? Yes |