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chuckzeiler
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Registered: March 2005
Posts: 27
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Sun October 14, 2007 2:22am
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Rating: 10
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I had to look at this photo a bit. I finally concluded that EMD must have dropped a SD-40 on top of DD-35/40 trucks to get a lighter per-axle load rate, at the expense of a long rigid-wheelbase truck. You wonder if in the long run, the wear from the rigid wheelbase was as much as the wear from a larger axle limit. Anyone have any more info on this design? Thanks for the photo, pedrop.
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pedrop
A Railfan in Brazil
Registered: September 2004
Location: Vespasiano, MG Brazil
Posts: 488
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Wed October 17, 2007 1:59am
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This is a speciall model built to EFVM. It is a standard gauge SD45 on D-D trucks. EFVM received 83 units in 1970īs and 80īs. I have some threads here about DDM45. Look for them here and in the railpictures archives.net galleries. If you want more details send a privated message and I can help you.
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Greg Elems
Engineer
Registered: August 2004
Location: Reno
Posts: 677
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Mon October 22, 2007 5:41am
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Rating: 10
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