Well, having puzzled over the generators.... I looked again at the Dl-535 description mentioned in my earlier post, and noted that the White Pass & Yukon's...
... have ... pounds. ... weight ... 764, a ... Hi Allen: Right now I don't have access to my files, but my recollection is that the 763 and /or 764 were GE's...
Thanks, Steve! Hmmm... The 756 was used on the pre-U-series locomotives for (3'6" gauge) Queensland Railways-- both the original early-1950s units with a...
... with ... tonner. ... Now that I've had a chance to look at my files: First export use of the 756 appears to have been on the CB-engined shovel-noses for...
... piston ... controls ... Continuing this theme, recently I acquired some 1956 information on the GE 70-tonner with Cooper-Bessemer 6-cylinder engine. It was...
Well, I've mentioned several times, on several Rail and Locomotive forums, the idea of compiling a "Railfan's Guide to GE Traction Motor Types." I still want...
Hi Allen: Here are a couple of additional GE 700 series traction motors that I am aware of: 734 Metre gauge for 3 kV DC electric locomotives 729 Standard/broad...
Dear Steve-- Thanks for the additions! Do you have any idea of dates for these motor designs, or what locomotives they were used on? I know that GE built...
... these motor designs, or ... electrics of both metre ... ones including 2CC2 ... electrics: these would have ... As far as I know, the 729 was used in the...
Steve Palmano-- Thanks for reply! ... While we're at it, I just found a reference to another model: the 724, used on the C-B and I-R engined 600hp switchers GE...
Hi, sorry this isn't locomotive related. I was in Toronto last week and visited the Royal Ontario Museum: there is an exhibit on (I don't know whether it is...
I cam across this group via Google(specifically www.geocities.com/wbd641/U25toU36.html)and saw the cross-sections ofthe GE FDL series prime movers. Would I be...
The GE FDL has cross-flow heads; the intake manifolds are outboard on the engine, with the exhaust in the center of the Vee. GE claimed better scavenging and...
I should have registered side-by-side valves in the head, which is usually a sign of a cross-flow configuration (though someone buit a unit with valves in two...
Hello, all, I just joined this Yahoo Group, found it via Will Davis' "Locomotive Enthusiasts" web site. Great info! I'm looking for a public domain photo of...
... #1900. ... The web page that I would like to update, is this one: http://www.pcrnmra.org/coast/contest/contest_sep_2006_ingalls_diesel_ info.shtml (sorry...
Thanks for the kind words - and that's a really great write-up on the Ingalls unit. I'm sure I've never seen that much information on the unit before in terms...
Starting with the Dash-9 (introduced late 1993), many GE six-axle locomotives have used a truck dubbed "Roller Blade" style by railfans. (This is the...
Update. I have now seen twice (in two different Australian railfan magazines: articles I think by different authors (but see below)) the statement that the...
Hi Would like to find a movie ofthis loco in action. Anything out there ? How do I contact the HO modeller Tom Van den Bosch mentioned in the articles and...
... there ? ... Hi, Charlie, I don't know of a good movie of this loco, unfortunately. If you send me your email, I'll forward your contact request to Tom Van ...
Hi John Thanks for your email. Appreciated. My email is charlie@... Charlie New Zealand ... From: John Sing To: LocomotiveEnthusiasts@yahoogroups.com...
The first diesel hood units in America were... ? Well, Westinghouse appears to have gotten the idea first: its first "visibility cab" switchers were built in...
The first diesel hood units in America were... ? Westinghouse appears to have gotten the idea first: its first "visibility cab" switchers (with a carbody that...
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