Is this a term that applies to one make of engine, or is it a term that is used to cover a variety of engines?
Cuda Ken
A “Geep” is what people call locos from the GP-series of EMD, i.e., GP9, GP18 and so on.
Ken,
A piece of advice to you and other newbies - Spend some of your time reading some background material on what your interested in. Check out of parts of the train.com website. There is a wealth of information available right here (and not in the forums or from its members) if you would just spend some time looking around. Indices, glossary of terms etc.
OY–just a simple question–was already dealt with. [:)]
Which kind of begs the question why isn’t an SD unit referred to as a “Sid”?
Andre
Here is the definition from the website American Rails:
“Geep: The affectionate term describing EMD’s popular GP (General Purpose) series, which initially was meant for the first generation units, the GP7, GP9, and GP18 but later went on to describe all of EMD’s GP models.”
My neice kept referring to an SD as a SeeD[(-D]
Now you make me wonder if Baldwin’s AS-616 was called an “a##.” You guys have a bad influence on me.
Mark
You know, Mark, I had the same question but deleted it from my response.
Great minds and all that.
Of course, now when I think of E units, I think of Adrian Monk screeching and climbing on a table in one of the episodes. “Eeeeeeeeee”!!!
Andre
Yeah, I’m wonder about the F-units now…
Ya “G.P.” means General Purpose, “S.D.” means Special Duty. FWIW I will refer to them as Geeps but not when used with the number…that is I sometimes hear someone refer to a GP-9 as a “Geep Nine”. I prefer to say “G.P. Nine” in that context.
I think I read somewhere that there was a connection between all-purpose Army Jeeps and all-purpose Railroad Geeps, but I could be wrong.
Thanks for all the kind and edited answers. Far as engine I.D.'s I only know the ones that I own or would like to own.
What caused me to ask was when I asked about passenger train acceleration rates and it was stated that Geep’s would accelerate faster than E units.
Thanks again, Cuda Ken
Of course Geeps and F’s would accelerate faster than an E Unit, The Geeps and F’s have 40" diameter Wheels versus the 36" Diameter Wheels of the E Unit. So for every revolution of the axle the Geeps and F’s would go 4" further. They also had better tractive effort as they did not have an idler axle on each truck. Which is why F’s were used in the mountains by the GN, NP, B&O and others.
Rick
It also helps to know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.
Well, I would have wondered why not “Sed”, but then I have a heavy UNIX background… [:-^]
John
I always thought a geep was one of those things I drove in the Army[%-)]
Spelling is a little off—“Jeep” as opposed to locomotive, “Geep”[:D]
Got a sparrow out back–sounds like he has a lisp–“Geep Geep Geep”—[swg]
Hello Popeye’s dog Eugene.
Sorry I couldn’t help myself. Have a good day Frank
Not sure… but it may be some kind of diseasally thingy from some time in the future. Of course I seem to be stuck in the year 1925 on the Seneca Lake, Ontario, & Western RR…[:-^]