Re: GEs do it better than ALCOs

["notch8" <notch8@eisa.net.au>]

Yes!,
When I originally started this thread, I had just seen double NR's emit huge
plumes of smoke, just as you described.  Locomotive "Smoke-ups" is exactly
what I meant!

Gareth Lumsden

noelmel wrote in message <78j04t$omc$1@news.wantree.com.au>...
>Having followed the thread of discussion on the captioned subject I am not
>sure what GEs do better than ALCos but I can tell the assembled gathering
of
>the following:
>As my sons and I were passing Midland station enjoying the last week of
>school holidays on Monday Jan 25 NR 40 had arrived on the eastbound IP (21
>cars and 6 wagons). We noticed volcanic clouds of black smoke eminating
from
>said locomotive ( bringing back memories of a shovel of sand being thrown
>into the firebox of a VR 'oily" J).
>One son said I didn't think modern locomotives were allowed to smoke and
the
>other (a GM enthusiast ) said 'oh it is only a General Electric- it's not a
>real loco!
>So, in answer to the above possibly GEs do do it better than ALCos.
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