RE: (erielack) Semi-OT: NJT/NJ DOT E8 4324 paint job

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

They couldn't make them C-C trucks because there was no room for a
traction motor on the center axle - EMD faced the motors on the two outer
axles toward it.

- --- Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> It turns out that it was a good deal more complex than it sounds. 
> Change the gears and head out to pull freight?   Not quite.  They had
> to change out the wheels because of the size of the gears, so they
> ended up riding on different size wheels (40" instead of 36", I
> think, do not quote me on that.)  That changed the height of the
> couplers, and so they needed to be modified.  There were other changes
> as well, including speed recording equipment.  It was a lot of work.
> 
> OTOH, EL got a lot of miles out of the E8s after the conversion, using
> equipment that would otherwise have lain idle.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

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