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Re: ALCo and EMD
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:15:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
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It’s been too quiet in here lately, so I thought I’d dig something up. This
one’s for all the fans of the rivalry between EMD and ALCo. It’s ironic that
the two have been blended into one another by our guys.
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What do you mean by that exactly, does ILW have licenses for stuff from both
builders and uses some tech each way, or was this unit a rebuild? It’s not
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The unit is a completely (brand) new diesel that uses tech from both EMD and
ALCo.
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Check it out:
http://www.irfca.org/photos/NarenMisc/20040801Image0001
http://www.irfca.org/photos/NarenMisc/20040801Image0009
This is the WDM-3D class, and its a fairly recent addition to the lineup. At
first glance, it looks like any other ALCo, but if you look closely, you’ll
notice some EMD in there.
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It’s an interesting machine. Meter gauge, right? Do they have a lot of Alco
stuff on India?
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No, Broad (5 ft 6”). Meter guage is being phased out gradually. Only a few
pockets remain now. ALCo stuff? more like *only* ALCo stuff. Well, actually they
have the ALCo parentage. The look is the same, the engine sound is (pretty
much) the same, but the tech has been improved. The only EMD diesels here are
the GT-16 (phased out) and the GT-46 (Thats the one I made a model of.) If youre
an ALCo guy, you’ll go mad here. However, word on the forum says that they are
going to be changing the short hood of the newer WDM-3D to that of the GT-46
now. YUCK.
Anytime, anytime.
Legoswami Samarth
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| (...) What do you mean by that exactly, does ILW have licenses for stuff from both builders and uses some tech each way, or was this unit a rebuild? It's not unheard of to hear of RS-lls or FAs that got their 244s pulled and replaced with 567s or (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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