Hello!
Can anyone tell me why some of the ATSF GP60s have rounded dynamic brake housings while others have the regular boxy DB found on just about every other GP60?
Here are some pics:
http://archive.trainpix.com/BNSF/EMDORIG/GP60/8739.HTM
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=68678
To see more pics, look here:
http://archive.trainpix.com/INDEX.HTM
http://www.railpictures.net/
Thanks!
They changed during production. SP/SSW GP60s are the same.
Don’t know why they did that, but they sure as heck did.
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Thanks everyone! And my bad for the rather late response.
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something with the sheetmetal…easier to make it boxy rather than rounded. less production time=cheaper
All comes down to money. Something square and just angles is a lot easier to fab, and also to fix.
Adrianspeeder
I like the boxy dynamics on the GP60s. That’s one of the features that makes me like the GP60 so much. When I modeled my fleet of GP60s I bought after market dynamics for them so they would have the boxy version.
From Extra 2200 South issue 90, A-M-J 90, page 14,
“SP-SSW, the first railroad to buy GP60’s, in 1-88, took delivery of 9635-9664 7-10 / 89, its third order. There is no apparent change compared to earlier SP-SSW GP60’s except a new style dynamic brake housing (first seen on AT&SF 4020 6 / 89 ). Our sources tell us this change in appearance is superficial to save cost and doesn’t affect performance.”
AT&SF got 4000-4019 in 1988 and 4020-4039 in 1989, all built in London
Deisel Era also had a good article on the SP / SSW GP60s back in the early 90s. I used it as a referance when I detailed my GP60s.
i’ll agree w/you there chad. i think the regular cab GP60 is one of the best lookin locomotives out there…
I also like the Santa Fe GP60Ms too. But I think they look a lot better in red/silver than the BNSF orange.