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Re: New train MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:36:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> I do not know about the EMD GP38 or the SD40-2, but usually the high nose was
> for generating steam for passneger trains. I am sure if I have this info wrong
> I'll be corrected, but I think I am right.
In general, yes. But SR and N&W tended to run long hood first (for crash
protection) so saw no reason to have a low hood on what to them was the "back
end", since low hoods actually cost more, IIRC (the steel fab work for a high
nose was less complex than the cab, windows, etc that a low nose entailed)
++Lar
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| I do not know about the EMD GP38 or the SD40-2, but usually the high nose was for generating steam for passneger trains. I am sure if I have this info wrong I'll be corrected, but I think I am right. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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