12-19-2008, 11:10 AM
railohio Wrote:The new "green" units have no technical similarities with the old units that were rebuilt into them. Only a few major components are reused like the frame and trucks. Everything from the frame up is a brand new locomotive. There is no correlation between the power rating of the donor units and the new "green" units because the new units are basically new locomotives with a few recycled parts. The new "Locomotive" special edition of Trains explains this a lot better than I can from memory.
Thanks for the info Brian, ill have to look for that special edition of Trains :mrgreen: