That is good stuff. Didn't the C424's go on to another railroad? What kinds of problems did they have? Was it something the 2nd owner would have been able to rectify? I myself had wondered about how awesome the GP38's really are? The 16 cylinders for 2000hp, I wondered if the savings of not having a turbocharger really offsets the cost's of the extra 4 cylinders? I guess you cannot say the U23B's were better considering which of them is still around in quantity, but was the GP39-2 a better alternative? Or it could be a matter of opinion. > Since that time, I quizzed Mike Wikman who was a former Road Foreman and > later Division Road Foreman and a career engineer-supervisor-consultant.> > Here is an what Mike said on the subject of the C-424's, C-425's and the > pending purchases of U23B and GP-38 locomotives:> > > Steve,> I spoke to Dave Huggins about the C424 and 425. The 424's were going to be > short lived because of the transition program switch and all the problems that > the c424s had. the 425 was a different story. He never did like the GP38 with > 16 cyls and 2000 hp. He liked the GE's and I believe the U23b was > considered.The SD 45 was Carlsons ideas. > Mike > > SMT The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #2740 ***********************************
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