Artur
March 19, 2009, 9:15pm
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Hi guys, I will be building the GO transit F7B hep unit pictured bellow, does anyone know who makes this type of exhaust stack for HO scale.
I have no idea what that thing is, but the F7B normally has two exhaust stacks between the 36" roof fans.
Here is more info on that unit in your photo.
http://transit.toronto.on.ca/gotransit/2506.shtml
I suspect that it is a new air intake and or exhaust for the 900hp “APU”
The APU Series
This class was comprised of three old F7B’s, bought from Northern Pacific in the late 1970s, and shipped to General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) in 1982. GMDD took out the traction motors and the prime mover and replaced it with a smaller 900hp and HEP generator. They were designated class CAP-60d and numbered 800-802 for the rest of their lives as GO Trains.
The demise of these units was directly tied to the fates of the GP40-2L’s and the GP40u’s. When those engines were sold or traded, special HEP locomotives became surplus to GO’s needs. While 801 was sold to the Ontario Northland in 1994(?), the other two were scrapped in 1995.
APU Unit 800, made from a cabless F7B, is positioned between the lead locomotive and the rest of the train in order to provide Head End power. Photo donated from the Daniel Garcia collection.
Artur
March 20, 2009, 8:54pm
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does anyone have better images of this unit, thanks.
