Hi all, Before Christmas I received my issue of Classic Trains "Steam Glory 2" which I had ordered. Not too bad all in all, and it had a nice article on...
Hello all. Its been a while since my last post. School and 2 jobs takes up almost all my time. However, I have Part 1 of a two-part article up on my website...
Good stuff there Matt! That indeed is a rare brochure, worthy of showing not only for its mechanical interest, but for being an excellent piece of advertising...
Thanks for the book info Chuck. I've found those, but am hesitant to pay 40 bucks or so for an unseen book. Does anyone have these books, and if so can you...
... to ... books, ... pay ... there ... AHH ... more. ... things ... for ... post ... it ... Hi David: The Farrell book (PFM) I would view as a secondary...
A while back, john Richards posted a query about an unusual model of generator (traction alternator) provided by Canadian GE for the MLW M420/M424/H412 models...
... 584 main generator. ... that engine: for ... units (later ones got "off- ... cab "roadswitchers") with ... (i) what the ... quite capable of producing, ......
Funny how McAfee marks the below site in RED because it is a high volume and spammy e-mailer, so don't put your email address on anything!! ahazen2003...
... of my obscurer ... yellow: so I assume it is meant ... generators. So maybe the ... for 1200? (I believe ... 581 generators: both the ... eigh-cylinder...
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...
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