Santa Fe, biggest Fleet of Cowls?

[AntonioFP45]

…Furthermore, the Milwaukee Road, and the PCE, had the 15 F40C locomotives. They were not listed as 45’s for tax reasons. I could have changed their fuel settings to 3600 HP if I wanted to. They operated on the PCE during the night, so nobody saw them. TomorrowsTrailers will agree with me.

Change their fuel settings to 3,600 horsepower? Strange… The FP45s came with EMD 20 Cylinder 645 series prime movers. The F40C was shorter in length and came equipped with EMD 16 Cylinder 645 prime movers.

You can mechanically adjust several settings (valve timing, fuel injectors, etc.,.) on a large diesel to increase horsepower at the expense of fuel efficeiency, but from 3,000 to 3,600? Seems like a stretch.

O.K, I guess I’m in the dark. Am I missing something here?

[nanaimo73]

I was making fun of MichaelSol. My attempt at humor. Apologies to anyone offended.

[chad_thomas]

Don’t worry Dale, It wasn’t lost on all of us.

[AntonioFP45]

Well, I guess being in my 40s my mind’s got a bit of rust built up.