10-02-2009, 08:30 PM
The M44: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11155855@N03/1473120232">http://www.flickr.com/photos/11155855@N03/1473120232</a><!-- m -->
I assume, therefore, that the starting engine is a West German BR 211: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_V_100">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_V_100</a><!-- m --> rather than the East German electric of the same designation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.harald-johns.com/SAMMLUNG/Fotos/2035_BR%20211%20035-1.JPG">http://www.harald-johns.com/SAMMLUNG/Fo ... 0035-1.JPG</a><!-- m -->
I assume, therefore, that the starting engine is a West German BR 211: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_V_100">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_V_100</a><!-- m --> rather than the East German electric of the same designation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.harald-johns.com/SAMMLUNG/Fotos/2035_BR%20211%20035-1.JPG">http://www.harald-johns.com/SAMMLUNG/Fo ... 0035-1.JPG</a><!-- m -->
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!