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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: A Retraction (with caution)
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Date: Sun, 26-Jan-86 00:23:04 EST
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>> Looking at the numbers I have, it's
>> clear why they [the GG1s] 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!)

>In a word - bull. the gg-1s were retired due to high maintenance cost and
>metal fatigue in the frames.  look at any g and you will see numerous
>welds where the frame have crystalized, cracked and been repaired by welding.
>yes - orginally they were supposed to change the voltage to 25KV and the
>gg-1 was not changeable (?) due to fact that they used transformers and
>AC motors, rather than rectification and dc mortors.  gg-1s maintained
>100+ mph schedules for years and were capable of continueing to do so.

Well, I intended "age" to cover things like metal fatigue.  As for the
speed, I'm sorry that my source listed 100 mph as a top speed.

C. Wingate