RE: (erielack) NJT "Aqua" Train - and how did EL handle this?

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

I don't know if I buy that... the former CNJ GP40P's (though rebuilt) were the heaviest 4-axle units ever made! And NJT is having troubles with them today, too. Also, the EL never had problems with their lighter passenger units, to the best of my knowledge (think GP7's)
 
Not sure about the MU's, but I believe *all* of them have sand...
 
    - Paul
 

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Subject: Re: (erielack) NJT "Aqua" Train - and how did EL handle this?


It almost seems like the old Mu's/E8's/U-34's never had problems with this. I would think the U-34's didn't have any problems because they were so heavy and had a tremendous amount of traction effort. The ALP-44's were built too light so they had problems pulling......
The DL&W Mu's must have been heavier then the Arrow Mu;s too.......Did they have sand??

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