Grand Canyon Railway
Aug 28, 2020 21:12:45 #
A few pictures that I took on a vacation last week (August 21, 2020)
A retired ALCO FPA-4
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F40FH (a regeared F40PH)
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2 pulling a long passenger train.
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The Last car
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Aug 28, 2020 21:48:32 #
A beautiful set. Great shots of 6776, 239 and 4128. Mahalo for sharing.
Aug 29, 2020 08:36:32 #
Aug 29, 2020 08:49:15 #
Aug 29, 2020 11:18:37 #
Iām not really a train buff but I sure do like train photos. Just a great subject to photograph!!! And great ones from you! Thanhs for sharing š
Aug 29, 2020 17:48:03 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
thanks,nice pix.....with a call sign like that i bet morse code was a trip.....
Aug 29, 2020 18:40:04 #
kc6zzg wrote:
A few pictures that I took on a vacation last week (August 21, 2020)
Photos # 2 &3 are the F40 PH. # 1 looks like a Alco FA 2...
73s de kd2ka...
Aug 29, 2020 20:27:25 #
Aug 30, 2020 08:58:14 #
sgt hop wrote:
thanks,nice pix.....with a call sign like that i bet morse code was a trip.....
I never learned CW. I got my license after the dropped the code requirement for entry level Technician.
Aug 30, 2020 08:59:41 #
Aug 30, 2020 09:09:37 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
kc6zzg wrote:
I never learned CW. I got my license after the dropped the code requirement for entry level Technician.
i'm trying to re-learn it....been a ham since 1970....had to do cw and liked it...when i hit the general class and started voice i let cw go....
Aug 30, 2020 09:25:04 #
Pepsiman wrote:
Photos # 2 &3 are the F40 PH. # 1 looks like a Alco FA 2...
73s de kd2ka...
73s de kd2ka...
Thanks for your input.
I don't profess to know much about locomotive designations, so I looked up the model numbers painted on the sides of them, and according to Wikipedia, Picture #1,
"The 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) FA-2/FB-2 (along with the FPA-2/FPB-2 variants) was built between October 1950 and June 1956. Finally, the 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) FPA-4/FPB-4, powered by the 251 V-12 engine, was built between October 1958 and May 1959 by ALCO's Canadian subsidiary, Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW).".\
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_FA)
The locomotives in pictures #'s 2 & 3 have the designation of F40FH (I've attached a better picture of it) and according to Locomotive Wiki (https://locomotive.fandom.com/wiki/EMD_F40PH) under the heading of "Versions"
"EMD F40FH: A re-geared F40PH operated by the Grand Canyon Railway."
It doesn't say how the were re-geared.
73's de KC6ZZG
Aug 30, 2020 11:26:08 #
sgt hop wrote:
i'm trying to re-learn it....been a ham since 1970....had to do cw and liked it...when i hit the general class and started voice i let cw go....
I got my Technician in 1991 and General in 2014
I have never been able to learn cw. I can't seem to pick out the different sounds.
I possibly wouldn't have become a ham if they hadn't dropped the requirement.
Aug 30, 2020 12:16:12 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
kc6zzg wrote:
I got my Technician in 1991 and General in 2014
I have never been able to learn cw. I can't seem to pick out the different sounds.
I possibly wouldn't have become a ham if they hadn't dropped the requirement.
I have never been able to learn cw. I can't seem to pick out the different sounds.
I possibly wouldn't have become a ham if they hadn't dropped the requirement.
you can....i'm about up to 5wpm which is very slow.....that was the novice requirement...general was 13 wpm...i passed that one...extra was 20 wpm....no way.....i had to take the advanced test several times before i passed it....i've looked at the extra tests now, and i have no idea what they are about...i'll just stick with my advanced.....73s
Aug 30, 2020 22:51:06 #
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