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From: jis1@mtgzz.UUCP (j.mukerji)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Green and Gold (and others) GG1
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 10:38:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 10:38:42 1986
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> This was originally the reason, but (as someone else pointed out) the change
> was never made.  Both the E60's and the AEM7's are built to run on the new
> power, should the change ever be made.  Looking at the numbers I have, it's
> clear why they remain out of service:
> 
>    (a) The PCB problem-- which I suspect could be remedied, but for
> 
>    (b) Their age  and
> 
>    (c) They are too slow: on the corridor over-100 mph is a necessity to
>        maintain schedules.  (Ah, the day when 100 mph is too slow!)
> 
Actually, the E60s are never scheduled to run over 85mph. They have a sad
tendency to chew up the track and jump off them and higher speeds. That is
why you will never see them on Metroliners or even on non-Metroliner
NYC-Washington trains. Typically, you see them on the Florida trains and
sometimes on the Clockers.

I suspect that the real reason for retiring the GG-1s was that their
cost of maintenance was becoming progressively exorbitent. But then I am
told that the E60s have a similar problem.

Jishnu Mukerji
AT&T Information Systems Labs
Middletown NJ
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