| Posted by SWMM on December 26, 2013 | |
Nice freight car trucks under 666. Anyone want to place bets on how long before it gets renumbered?
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| Posted by thewiz on December 27, 2013 | |
Renumbering 666 won't make it any less ugly.
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666 bogies will be temporary one for moving around the shop whilst finishing off work continues I should imagine! But they are almost as ugly as the Class 70's built for us in the UK! (GE Power-haul locomotive series manufactured by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania. )
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Are these Cummins-powered rebuilds, or new units with 710's?
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To be honest, I think these are quite sleek and attractive. Seems a waste to rebuild them so soon.
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657-666 are new units powered by emd 710 engines. The Cummins repowers are a separate contract.
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I agree with KBoes and I'll bet that it will take less than 1 year for some over zealous religious fanatic to ask for its renumbering stating that it is a "Devils's Number". Santa Fe never changed 666 on a 9-40CW. That was bold. Yea.
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I thought the new paint scheme was dead and only going to be one of a kind, but here we have two more. So is GO now switching to this scheme, which is uglier than what they had in my humble opinion?
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I'm under the impression that Santa Fe 666 was renumbered as noted in this photo. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=458930&nseq=0
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I like the paint scheme
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