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RE: (erielack) OCTOBER CALENDAR

The TM's idled with a consistant rhythm like an EMD but at a lower
frequency.  The old F units did have a whine to them, somewhat different
than the turbo's but still there.  The FM's were much louder.  You could
hear them approach the Towaco area from the hillside facing Boonton
where I lived near Mountain View.

Ed Montgomery



- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:32 AM
To: EL Mailing List; Paul Tupaczewski
Subject: Re: (erielack) OCTOBER CALENDAR

That high-pitched whine on EMD's at high speed was the turbo, which was
not heard on EL until the GP35's arrived in 1964. I rode behind a 4-axle
FM last weekend at the NC Trans. Museum. The museum personnel told me
the loco still had its original OP engine, but at low speed it sounded
an awful lot like a 567.

Paul B

The Trainmasters captivated me as a pre-teen.
They were so massive and loud.  They made the EMD's sound like whining
cats.  The roar of the TM was not like the other locomotives.  Alcos and
Baldwins always sound like they could stall any minute.  The EMD's had
the high pitch whine at high speeds and a constant rapid idle.  The TM's
were so loud that when they started a train out of Mountain View they
would generate a frequency, as they accelerated, that would vibrate the
knick-knacks on my aunts shelves about a mile away up on Alps Road.
Nothing compared to them when they were in their prime.  It's too bad
they had the high maintenance issues with the OP engine.  I never heard
much about electrical failures before the merger.  Somewhere around
1962, the FM's seemed to leave the Boonton Line.  That was also at the
time when most freight was moved over to the Erie side.

Ed Montgomery 


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