My brother was working at the Lincoln Diesel shop when the first U-boats
arrived on the property. The foreman told the holster to move them and they had
spread the rail and were all sitting on the rails. He said more than once they
would rattle themselves appart as the went down the road. He never had anything
good to say about the GE's except they were job security right from the
factory. Don't recall anything bad said about the EMD's.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, dhartman@... wrote:
>
> I always felt like the U-boat was going to go off the rail at the same speed
> the SD was just cruising along. It just never felt right....
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Rethwisch <qrailroadman@...>
> Sender: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:29:46
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] U Boats/SD40's.
>
> I totally agree with Doug Hartman concerning the difficulties associated
> with climbing up on a GE AND the difficulties attendant to finally GETTIN' in
> the cab !
>
> The throttle was a never-ending amazement to me. Why 16 notches?, few of
> them worked !!! A gauge light "dimmer" that wouldn't dim the gauge lights.
> A ground relay reset that was inaccessable from the cab. Transition events
> that registered at least 7.5 on the Richter Scale, an empty boiler room and a
> toilet STUFFED into the nose rendering it nearly unusable plus myriad other
> issues unique to these "things" !!
>
> I can say that the arrival of the C30-7's was a welcomed day. THOSE were
> some fine locomotives !! Quiet in the cab, quite good ride qualities,
> dependable and VERY good pullers.
>
> The SD40 and, in its final form, the SD40-2 was without equal. Tireless
> creatures that rarely failed to do more than they were supposed ta do. In a
> Locomotive Hall of Fame the 40-2 would certainly be present !!!
>
> 70MAC's ?? Now THAT's a WHOLE different world !!!
>
> Karl
>
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