Whatever happened to NRE's 2GS36C-DE?

[D.Carleton]

This one was a bit of a ringer. Instead of using “truck” engines it used two locomotive sized Cummis QSKs at 1800 hp each fitted to a former SD40-2 frame. It went above the usual genset expectation but that was three years ago.

[caldreamer]

the diesel shop shows it as a demonstrator unit. Here are some pictures of it from railroad pictures archives

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/srchThumbs.aspx?srch=nrex+3600&search=Search

[Bryan_Jones]

This one was a bit of a ringer. Instead of using “truck” engines it used two locomotive sized Cummis QSKs at 1800 hp each fitted to a former SD40-2 frame. It went above the usual genset expectation but that was three years ago.

This unit spent some time testing on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming as well as the Indiana Harbor Belt but sofar that’s it.

Bryan Jones

[D.Carleton]

This unit spent some time testing on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming as well as the Indiana Harbor Belt but sofar that’s it.

Thank you for the information. That is a shame that it has not gone any further than this. By virtue of occupation I have spent more time in yards this year than a dog’s chew toy. In every large yard I went the gensets were parked and in some cases being worked on by the vendor. Something along the lines of the 3600 may find acceptance with the railroads.

[creepycrank]

Something more in line with a GP38 I think.

Bryan Jones

This unit spent some time testing on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming as well as the Indiana Harbor Belt but sofar that’s it.

Thank you for the information. That is a shame that it has not gone any further than this. By virtue of occupation I have spent more time in yards this year than a dog’s chew toy. In every large yard I went the gensets were parked and in some cases being worked on by the vendor. Something along the lines of the 3600 may find acceptance with the railroads.