daveklepper
The GE traction motors in the DC days were less likely to roast than EMD’s.
You can say that with a straight face, knowing what happened the first time the DL109s went over Raton?
Street car motors. (I remove some other verbiage since this is nominally a family forum)
Later, yes, I think a 752 was superior to one of EMD’s. But still not up to Hexapole grade…
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Although the DL109’s did give good service through WWII, and some lasted up and even through MsGinnis, I was referring to the PA’s, not the DL109, in comparison to EMD.
DL109’s and PA’s handled thru freight on the Shoreline, but FA’s were used to Maybrook.
As previously requested, here are a few more photos of the Santa Fe PAs that were repatriated back to “home turf” on the Delaware & Hudson to operate as Bluebonnets:
A-A-A near Afton NY…
A-A-A at Lanesboro PA…
A-A-A at Ninevah NY…
Winter in what looks to be perhaps Montreal…
At Albany with a Pennsylvania express box car on the drawbar…
A-A-A-A on freight - in the tradition of ALCO FEFs utilized in dual use on the UP…
In the last few years of EL’s PAs the ones in the Chicago area were assigned to the Chicago-Marion (OH) freight pool. There are several photos from that era of “borrowed” PAs being used on the Lake Cities as substitute power for the usual E8s. I don’t think EL regeared them for freight service. They were hardly ever mixed with other power in an era when EL “lash-ups” could contain just about anything, even pool CRI&P power.
26L is a passenger F3. For non-AT&SF folks, AT&SF gave the same number to four unit sets, with cabs L (lead) and C, and boosters A and B. Somewhere out there (maybe on the other end of the F-unit string) was another F3 - 26C.
Here’s one of 51LAC for you … from a previous thread in this forum:
The blister is not quite so pronounced on the PA as it was on the earlier Alco passenger carbody - here’s Rock Island “Christine”
51L (the ‘lead’ cab of a nominally 6000-hp locomotive, with 51C being the ‘rear’ cab and 51A being a B unit … what? you expect semantic consistency?) was notable for being Alco construction number 75,000. The semantics gets worse: the rear cab (c/n 75002) was originally numbered 51B and was changed to 51C apparently in 2/55 at the time of re-engining.
What’s the restoration status on the Mexican repatriots (except the NKP one)?
The status of the remaining single PA in the USA is covered in the current Trains magazine. Not much has been done to it but it has trucks now -it came back without them.(edited)
I was replying to a previous post but must have been distracted at the time and didn’t copy the post into my reply. I’ve edited my response to clarify this…
