01-15-2018, 05:34 PM
I love end cab switchers because I like to run at slow speeds and you don't need large radius curves to operate them (18 inch radii suffice).
Amanda, I forgot to mention, the GP30 is an EMD 567 prime mover while the GP40 is a 645 prime mover. While both engines have different parts inventories, it's not at all uncommon to have rosters with such variations. Sometimes railroads didn't even have rosters from the same builders. The New York Dock Railway had GE, ALCO, and EMD locomotives. Railroads would often buy locomotives based on what was available for the right price (though they weren't always a good fit). The New York Dock bought a pair of RS-3s that constantly derailed because they ran on curves that were too sharp. The same thing happened when the Stocton Terminal & Eastern ran NW2s which couldn't handle the sharp curvrs that the ALCO switchers could.
Amanda, I forgot to mention, the GP30 is an EMD 567 prime mover while the GP40 is a 645 prime mover. While both engines have different parts inventories, it's not at all uncommon to have rosters with such variations. Sometimes railroads didn't even have rosters from the same builders. The New York Dock Railway had GE, ALCO, and EMD locomotives. Railroads would often buy locomotives based on what was available for the right price (though they weren't always a good fit). The New York Dock bought a pair of RS-3s that constantly derailed because they ran on curves that were too sharp. The same thing happened when the Stocton Terminal & Eastern ran NW2s which couldn't handle the sharp curvrs that the ALCO switchers could.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
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Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.