Problems with CP's new locomotives..

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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I read in googlefinance that CP has been having problems with its newest GE locomotives…anyone have more information on this?

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This was posted on the LocoNotes Yahoo group-

Regarding CP, GE provided an air compressor different from what CP
preferred. In service, these air compressors experienced failures,
and GE will replace them under warranty. Why GE used the air
compressors they did is still a mystery, and we may never know what
happened. I don’t know if there was a specification mistake on the
part of CP or if GE substituted a component by mistake.

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GE pushed CP to change from the Wabco air cooled air compressors to Gardner-Denver water cooled compressors, and they have been failing very rapidly, GE is replacing them under warranty with CP’s preferred Wabco models. But in the mean time it has been causing big problems with 40 brand-new locomotives failing on the road when they can’t keep train line air pressure up and the brakes apply.

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Thanks for the info guys…