U36B's

Didn't Ross Rowland buy some U-Boats, or something GE, for his latest passenger venture? Guess he didn't ask anyone in any kind of operational capacity about the wisdom of that decision.

Maybe Ross is going to cash in on the collector value of old GE, y'know,
kinda like getting sentimental over your old refrigerator....

Ross and company bought some Dash-8 GE's...B39-8's I think

The Dash-8's are at least two generations improved from the original U-Boats. Whether they are any better than U-Boats is open to debate.

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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Didn't Ross Rowland buy some U-Boats, or something GE, for his latest passenger venture? Guess he didn't ask anyone in any kind of operational capacity about the wisdom of that decision.

Whether they run well or not, those GE units Ross "obtained" are already fully equipped with the required Automatic Train Control electronics necessary for operation into Washington Terminal.

Related question: How were the GE U-boats, with their 16 notch throttle, made to be compatible when in a consist m.u.'ed with EMD units having the standard 8 notch throttle? Did the GE's revert to 8-notch operation somehow for m.u. operation?

Obviously it was possible, as I have lots of books with photos of GN and NP consists of 2nd generation power having both GE and EMD units. I have been told by NP enginemen that, by gentlemen's agreement, mixed consists of U28C's and SD-45's were set up by the roundhouse hostlers with an EMD unit in the lead for the comfort of the crew.