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Conrail Motive Power Review 1986-1991 by Paul K. Withers with Dust Jacket 1992
Conrail Motive Power Review 1986-1991 by Paul K. Withers
Hard cover with Dust Jacket Dust jacket has damage
Copyright 1992
First Printing
252 Pages
For Conrail's locomotive fleet, the period from 1986 to 1991 has brought additional purchases of modern, fuel-efficient, microprocessor-equipped road units, and additional retirements of older road, yard, and road-switcher types. It has also brought the first engines into service with air-conditioned cabs, the General Electric C40-8W "super cab" wide-nose units.
The period also has seen a continuing trend toward better utilization of motive power, a point underscored by the fact that Conrail now operates with less than half of the nearly 5,000-unit fleet it started with in 1976. This process, called "fleet sizing," uses empirical formulas and computer-supplied information to match the roster size and complexion to the average demand on a daily and weekly basis. One of the results is less locomotive layover time at terminals and a greater output of work per day per unit than under the Penn Central method, which was, by comparison, haphazard at best.
Contents
Acknowledgements. II
Dedication.. III
Settling Into Stability: A Foreword.1
The Roster..9
I. EMD Road Freight Units. 10
II. GE Road Freight Units ... 80
III. EMD and GE Road Switcher Units ..168
IV. EMD Yard Switcher Units..212
V. Motor Trailer Units & Passenger Units.240
VI. Business Car Fleet.. 246
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