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Canadian Railroads > GO 505Date: 01/11/20 01:05 GO 505 Author: refarkas Date: 01/11/20 08:18 Re: GO 505 Author: ErieMain That's one long GP-40...definitely appears to be longer than the NJT GP40PH-2's I'm more accustomed to. Is there any significant mechanical difference between the two that results in the extra length?
Posted from iPhone Date: 01/11/20 09:13 Re: GO 505 Author: briancdn ErieMain Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That's one long GP-40...definitely appears to be > longer than the NJT GP40PH-2's I'm more accustomed > to. Is there any significant mechanical difference > between the two that results in the extra length? > > Posted from iPhone It's built on an SD40 frame which gives it the length. I don't think any other commuter GP40's were this long. Makes for a very interesting unit! Brian N. Date: 01/11/20 11:15 Re: GO 505 Author: thb401 Date: 01/11/20 21:07 Re: GO 505 Author: krm152 Very nice roster photo on #505 working for its original owner. Only eight of the model were built.
Thanks for the interesting photo post. ALLEN Date: 01/12/20 12:44 Re: GO 505 Author: CM80-46 Then Amtrak acquired some or all of them?
CM80.46 Date: 01/12/20 13:50 Re: GO 505 Author: feclark I am really enjoying your crisp roster B&W posts, Bob! Are these B&W scans of slides, or true B&W negs? And if the latter, did you use any filters (red, yellow, whatever) when you shot them? They are so darned clean and have real pop.
Fred Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/20 13:50 by feclark. Date: 01/12/20 15:37 Re: GO 505 Author: PHall CM80-46 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Then Amtrak acquired some or all of them? > > CM80.46 Amtrak got all eight of them. Have since been rebuilt minus the turbos but they still have their HEP gensets. Date: 01/14/20 15:26 Re: GO 505 Author: zorz This is the GP40TC, which is a non -2 variant that was built specifically for GO to accomodate head end power. Amtrak picked them all up and supposedly they're rebuilt now by NS as GP38H-3's for downeaster recovery among other things.
briancdn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ErieMain Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > That's one long GP-40...definitely appears to > be > > longer than the NJT GP40PH-2's I'm more > accustomed > > to. Is there any significant mechanical > difference > > between the two that results in the extra > length? > > > > Posted from iPhone > > It's built on an SD40 frame which gives it the > length. I don't think any other commuter GP40's > were this long. Makes for a very interesting > unit! > > Brian N. Date: 01/15/20 09:38 Re: GO 505 Author: PHall zorz Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This is the GP40TC, which is a non -2 variant that > was built specifically for GO to accomodate head > end power. Amtrak picked them all up and > supposedly they're rebuilt now by NS as GP38H-3's > for downeaster recovery among other things. > Kind of the GMD version of the GE P32BWH and how they're used today. |