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Re: How come no E8/9 B's?

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Subject: Re: How come no E8/9 B's?
From: "bigbearoak <jonathanharris@e...>" <jonathanharris@e...>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:33:19 -0000
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Charlie -- 

What "operational experience" with the E5 B units do you mean? 
Are you saying the Q had trouble with them?


--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@a...> 
wrote:
> An interesting question.
> Suburban Service is an obvious answer, but does the logic 
really apply?
> The Pooling of Suburban power didn't start until when?? Well 
after all the
> E7s were purchased and by then the No B Units pattern had 
been firmly
> established.
> I would guess that the operational experience with the E5B 
units triggered
> the policy before the Suburban pooling with the Zephyr units 
came into
> being.
> Also, there is an urban legend that the Q was very serious 
about buying FM
> Trainmasters for suburban power (ala SP)..... That would be an 
interesting
> series of articles (throw in the six wheel trailing truck on the 
O5s!)
> .....experiments, proposals and could have beens based on 
AFEs (if any
> survived!). Sort of like that fascinating chapter in Hol Wagner's 
Colorado
> Road!!!
> Charlie
> 



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