Talk:EMD 645
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[edit] Fuel flow
I have a gallons-per-hour chart for various throttle notches for the 8-645E, the 16-645E, 16-645E3 and 12-645F (MP15DC, GP38-2, GP40-2, and GP49, respectively) out of my Air Brake and Train Handling manual. Does anyone think that fuel usage info might be interesting? The entire table might be overkill, but the idle and Notch 8 (full power) figures might be worth posting.
Speaking of the 12-645F and the GP49, this info is missing from the table (and the EMD GP49 article is red-linked at this time). My source on this (look for the 2800-series engines) mentions that these are GP49s and that they have a 12-cylinder 645F engine; however, I have not found any other confirmation of this data. I'm not sure what the power rating on this variant is, except to say that I've heard a few of my engineers complain about having to use one of these in the consist (i.e. "Well, I'd rather have one of the 2000s than the 2800s--those suck!"). Anyone with inside knowledge or contacts at EMD want to add it?
My ABTH table also includes the usage rate for SD70MACs; however, the EMD 710 article is still a stub, and as such, I don't feel comfortable expanding it. I don't know enough about the 710 engine to expand it authoritatively--all I know is that the SD70MAC uses it and that that variant is rated for 4,000 horsepower. (Our later-model SD70MACs use engines rated for 4,300 horsepower, and the new SD70ACes are also rated at 4,300 horsepower--though I don't know that they use the same engine.)
cluth 16:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
- More info on the GP49. John (or his source) says that the ARR has the only true GP49s in the country. Not sure if it's true, but I'll see if I can at least make a stub on it. cluth 03:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] US Bias
it seems to me that there is a heavy US bias towards this article, could some mention be made of Exprot locos? http://locopage.railpage.org.au/
that has details of some Australian locos
Alexander101010 15:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
