- 1. [CBQ] Re:E and F designations (score: 1)
- Author: zephyr9900@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:18:26 +0000
- The E originally stood for "E"ighteen Hundred horsepower. All of the early EMD passenger units had 1800 HP. Best regards, Randy Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://g
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- 2. Re: [CBQ] Re:E and F designations (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Matalis <mmatalis@sprynet.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:39:07 -0600
- And I think (but am not entirely sure of the fact) that "F" was a rounding up to 1400 hp of the original F units hp of 1350. If anyone know better, please feel free to correct me. Thank you kindly, M
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- 3. Re: [CBQ] Re:E and F designations (score: 1)
- Author: Aeolus3@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:45:02 EST
- Over the years I've been told more than once "F" stood for Freight (perhaps those Trains articles) and "E" stood for express.... but the real answer was horsepower. 1,400 for the FT 1,800 for the E L
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2008-02/msg00033.html (9,640 bytes)
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