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RE: Demonstrator Locomotives. Just a bit of trivia concerning demonstrators and test beds. It is not well known outside of the roundhouse but when demonstrators, test beds and new models arrived in Denver, GE and EMD reps accompanied them and gave classes and courses on maintenance and operational matters concerning the units. EMD always did it on the cheap, holding classes in hot, stuffy rooms in RR buildings or other places they were able to use gratis. GE on the other hand, held classes in downtown hotel banquet and conference rooms. They usually provided a lunch and had pop, bottled water and coffee available all day. At the end of the course they took a group photograph mounted it in a decorative descriptive mount and provided one to each of us. When the cabless GEs began arriving with all of their teething problems, many of gained weight from having so many lunches and snacks provided by GE. They were a class act. As for EMD? Whatever. I was always amazed at how a technical rep could crawl around generators, traction motors, crankcases and exhaust manifolds in those short sleeve white shirts and managed to keep them nearly spotless. __._,_.___ Posted by: Robert munshower <bearmtnbob@yahoo.com> __,_._,___ |