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Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Fri Mar 7 18:37:24 2008, in response to my father is a GG1 fan ( prr 30s to 55' ), posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Mar 7 02:10:07 2008. It is an excellent locomotive. A truly durable locomotive. It is legendary, really.One of the first, if not THE first locos i knew about due to the distinctive design. I have a blck Amtrak model #902. I've seen a new toasterwith this number though, so i guess Amtrak GG-1 902 was scrapped, if it ever existed. It is an example of an well built piece of equptment. This is why some ran into the 80's in passenger service, over some VERY rough tracks, mind you. The new European toasters wouldn't last 20 years of what some of the GG-1s whent through for almost 50 years. Some people here are against using overqualified, well designed construction, for some reason, yet they can't look at history and see that spending a little more money for a thicker piece of steel will save money when you don't have money to constantly repair due to cracks, and hardware failure. Some people refer to this as being "inefficient". They are against quality. The way some people write about "efficiency" and "crush zones", if they were to design a railcar, they would build it entirely of plastic. PS: Crush zones are a bad thing in a train doing 30 miles+. Maybe good at 5 miles, but dangerous at higher speeds. Don't want to be in a train that folds up with you in it. When designing a railcar, the best way to keep passengers safe is through structural rigidity. Especially sideswipes in derailments. |
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