mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) (01/26/86)
>> 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