I know back in the 80's for a short time, CSX had a Roadrailer service. Why did they use FP7's on some of the Roadrailer trains? I know they were geared for high speeds but wouldn't something with higher horsepower like a GP40-2 or B36-7 that they used on their other intermodal trains made more sense?
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because it got noticed...like a publicity thing...heritage unit sort of thing.....get it ?
Those trailers didn't take much power to get them rolling at a decent speed. In the '80's they were limited to 100 trailers per train, and left Fort Wayne lots of times with only 1 C39-8 on the point.
steam fan posted:Those trailers didn't take much power to get them rolling at a decent speed. In the '80's they were limited to 100 trailers per train, and left Fort Wayne lots of times with only 1 C39-8 on the point.
I did not know how lightweight Roadrailer trains were. I just thought it was interesting they used FP7's over something more modern for the time.
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