RE: [ihc] no IH content, but fun--

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 9:13 AM 10/25/04, John M. Adams wrote:
>
>GE - It seems those 3 are from a fleet of 39 made back in '82 and '83, and
>sold to Mexico and never used until 1994. The Mexican line was converted to
>diesel service in the late 90s, and some of the locos were *never* used, and
>have been sold, or stored waiting to be sold, to various electric railways
>in the US and Canada.

I think that explains the letters on the side of the units---would have to
look again to see what they all were, but I think an 'N' and an 'M' were
involved---
>
I think
>your estimate of 600K lbs total weight is conservative - that's an
>impressive ride!

'conservative' meaning high or low ?? :-)

Greg
>
>Thanks,
>
>John A.