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If this was fair dinkum, how did the old girl get its power? Wasn't England mostly 1500 VDC then onto 25kVAC 50Hz?
Don't worry, I once got sucked in by a story about a 'lost' mythical fleet of Routemaster buses operating in Eastern Europe.
The first part of the GG1 fantasy has just the slimmest chance of being true, though when you factor in, as has already been suggested, weight, loading gauge (I mean at 120mph the thing would have just ripped up the track behind it) and equipment incompatability - the West Coast was electrified at 25kV AC from the outset - then there is no way there is any truth to the story.
Three more from my minimalist collection of US trannies taken in July 1981. These were all taken while travelling by Greyhound from Kansas City to Winnipeg and making a mad dash during comfort stops to grab the images.
NW2 563 - not sure exactly where - possibly Sioux City or Sioux Falls
The bulldogs? Fucken byooooodiful. They've got the lovely classic nose of the Victorian S with the macho sides of the 44cl. Best of both worlds.
_________________ Here's to Daddy Claxton May his name forever stand And always be remembered in the courts throughout the land. His earthly race is over, and the curtains 'round him fall They'll carry him home to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball.
Dynamic brakes and high hoods on later models were options that you could have if you paid a little extra, so those lines that did not need or want either simply ordered them minus them. GM tended to sell as much as possible a standard locomotive off, of the showroom floor so to speak, with as few options as possible, that is what helped make them so good and long lasting, parts are still obtainable for them.
Earlier models the high hood was standard, until it came to be realised that it affected the drivers view from the cab, then low hoods became standard and the high hoods became an option! Another option was steam generators in a loco, it could be included if the purchaser wished to use the loco on passenger trains as well as freight!
Just a little bit of info here there were two types of these particular loco's, one was classifed as a NW and the other was a NC. The NW has a welded frame where the NC has a cast frame, other than that in general they look and are the same! These came in various powers to suit who ever ordered them.
_________________ " Did he fire six shots or only five? But being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, youvr'e got to ask yourself one question: ' Do I feel lucky? Well do you punk' "?
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I'll appreciate the nightmares thanks to that awful image tonight 
