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Re: [BRHSlist] Q NW1Switchers

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Q NW1Switchers
From: rgortowski@a...
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:11:41 EST
In a message dated 12/3/00 7:35:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, zephyr@k... 
writes:

<< That's what the NW2 was - 12-cyl. 567 @ 1000hp. The NW1 was simply a
201-engined NW with "some wiring changes" . . . The big changes between the
Winton and 567 switchers were the hood-top flap vents with the side screens
and the fact that the hood did not narrow at the cab. >>

Right, but I guess why even bother with a 600 hp switcher (the SW1) when the 
technology for the 1000 hp 567 was readily available. Was 600 hp "good 
enough" in most instances?

Rich

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