in part due to the large amount of equipment contained within the rear of the locomotive. This included the steam generator, water tank, and previously-mentioned electrical equipment.
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Overall, the new design gave the locomotive a very box appearance at the rear. No other railroads ordered the "Tunnel Motor" package; Southern Pacific wound up with 247 units, 166 of which were sublettered for subsidiary St. Louis Southwestern Railway. In 1974, Southern Pacific returned to E...
In his book, "Diesel Locomotives: Cyclopedia, Volume 2," author Bob Hayden points out the model featured a redesigned centralized air intake system and electrical cabinet. These new features took up less space and no longer required the streamlined "bulge" over the cab that defined the earlier...