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Re: CB&Q E9As on Empire Builder train #49 through Lisle IL, July 1951 |
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Posted by Steamdriven on Sat Mar 26 21:51:36 2016, in response to Re: CB&Q E9As on Empire Builder train #49 through Lisle IL, July 1951, posted by WillD on Sat Mar 26 20:31:07 2016. The wonders of B&W photography ;-)But in a more substantial way, they did match. It would not be all that hard to roll the loco through the company paint shop if it was normally assigned to the train, that is if anyone cared. What DOES match is the profile of the train; the loco's sides and roof match right up to the train, so the assembly is one integrated piece. -------------- Contrast that with, say, an Amtrak Anteater (sorry, I don't know the proper name) hitched to the curved-side cars (Metroliners?). I looks like it's designed to make as much air drag and wind noise as possible at the locomotive to first car join, and then have speed brakes hanging off the sides. Trains of other than Metroliner cars may be as assemblage of different heights and styles, so again nothing matches. Yeah, there's reason for all the above, but it looks like cr-p, and at 100mph it adds a lotta drag. |
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