Check in the Locomotive section of my WEB site and I have the email traffic from this discussion. George On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Schuyler G Larrabee wrote: > Paul commented: > > > That's weird, though. When you think about it, all the later units > > (SD45/SDP45/SD45-2) also had the bracket that pushed the "output end" of > the > > horns beyond the front cab face... > > They didn't have the bracket to get the "output end" out in front of the cab > face, they had the bracket to get the overall clearance profile, from the > front of the engine, down to a height which would fit through a tight > clearance point, generally believed to be the short, tight, curved (I think) > tunnel in Cleveland which provided access to the Erie's Hulett unloader > facility. > > The 424's came with those single blatters, right from ALCO. By the time the > 425's arrived, some DL&W heritage people were in charge at the top, and in > the motive power department, and they made the change to the multiple chime > horns. > > SGL > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net > ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the erielack photopage at http://el-list.railfan.net ------------------------------
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