Brisbane King Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 What's your favourite/s US/Can diesel that have or still do have a high short hood? Β Mine include: The Baldwin AS-616 http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/5/8/6558.1153076400.jpg Β Rebuilt Alco RS-3 and the original RS-1 http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/4/7/9/8479.1283433398.jpg Β and the FM Trainmaster! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 SD45 8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2011 Big Alco Centuries with high short hoods take some beating for presence - but I bet their crews thought otherwise! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbane King Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 I also learnt that the EMD G8 was also used in Canada along with many other places around the world, so it qualifies for this list! http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7/4/9/4749.1135807200.jpg Β Would look quite tichy compared to its American cousins.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 SD40-2 in NS livery: Β http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwp4_cu3WgY Β Β Stark and beautiful. Β Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Chicago & Northwestern's ex N&W Alco C628's - Fantastic! http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=355074 John E. Β PS Note the Alco trademark and the accompanying story! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I just watched NS 3327 an SD40-2 hustle past on the Fostoria Webcam................ Β Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted May 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm a big fan of the classics - GP7/9, and SD7/9. Β Here's some ex-SP GP9s, and an ex-Reading GP7, that have seen better days... Β All of these can be found rotting away in a chain-link fenced yard in Eureka, Northern CA. They are the property of the North Coast Railroad, a regional authority set up to run operations on the (ex-SP) Northwestern Pacific (NWP), which has been closed for upwards of 10 years due to landslides a hundred or so miles south of here. The NWP has only restarted operations to the south in the past 12 months - and still these old stagers wait, their connection to the rest of their network still severed, their future uncertain, exposed to the worst of the elements and the local "artists". Β ex-Reading GP7 Β ex-SP GP9 Β ex-SP GP9 Β ex-SP GP9 Β ex-SP GP9 Β ex-SP GP9 Β Not the best quality on these, sorry. They were shot on a typical April day in Eureka (lashing down with rain) through the aforementioned chain link fence. I have higher-res copies if anyone is interested, or brave enough to try to emulate the weathering.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm with John B on the Cadillacs! Β steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Any second generation EMD in Southern's Tuxedo livery does it for me...but GP30s and SD40-2s *really* do it for me. Β Β At Selma, NC in January 1987 Β Β In Glenwood Yard, Raleigh NC in May 1984 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Boucher Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 See my photos in another thread of a Guilford SD-45 (ex-NW), running long hood forward... Β http://www.rmweb.co....462#entry404462 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 If your tastes run to high short hoods there's nothing quite like an MLW RS18, in this case CP rail 8766. Β Cheers, Β David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I must admit I'm not a big fan of High Short Hoods, but if I have to choose, then it's the early Geeps for me, such as my GP9, #401:- Β Β I've weathered the walkways some more since this picture was taken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 So no votes for Fairbanks Morse? Well, there's a surprise! Β My vote is for the GP9 or GP30 - but give me a cab unit over a hood any day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbane King Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 So no votes for Fairbanks Morse? Well, there's a surprise! FM H16-44 http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/1/9/5/1195.1296701830.jpg Β There's love for 'em out there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Have to go with Pete and Craig on this one - SD40/SD40-2 particularly in NS livery. (Hmmm...........Ex NS SD40 high short hood for Harrington......we could be onto something here!) Β Jez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 So what's the attraction in high short hood units anyway? Β Β Just to show that not all Amtrak units were red, blue and silver. (GP9, Harrisburg Feb 1999). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 The majority of first generation hood units were high short hood. Just seemed like the thing to do I guess...the first low nose diesel factory delivered was a GP9 for Phelps Dodge mining. It ran...long hood forward. The low short hood was to allow the crew a better view back over the train. At about the same time the Espee started ordering low nose GP9s. Some railroads followed suit but many of the GP9s that followed were high nose, and even into GP18s high noses prevailed. But with the GP20, most were low nose and when the GP30 hit, low nose was standard. Alco followed much the same time line with RS32s and RS36s, and into the Century series low nose was standard. Over here in the southeastern United States we treat low nose first generation as the exception rather than the rule. Β And I think that's because of the two roads here that persisted with high noses, the Southern and the N&W. N&W stayed with high noses until its second order of SD40-2s. But their low nose SD40-2s were set up to run long hood forward. The Southern never ordered a low nose unit. Ever. In fact when the Southern bought the original Norfolk Southern in 1974 (ran Charlotte NC-Raleigh NC-Norfolk VA) it got a number of Baldwins (quickly retired), 17 GP18s and 7 GP38s. The EMDs were all conventional low nose EMDs set up low short nose forward. And the Southern took those 24 engines, sent them to a rebuilder in Atlanta who not only RAISED the low hoods but turned the control stands around to make 'em long hood forward per Southern's practice! Now that's sticking to principles. Β From this before the purchase http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=287707 to this in process photo http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=218252 and ending up like this http://www.railpictu...o.php?id=320483 Β I guess what I'm trying to say is that, to us anyway, a first generation hood is supposed to be high nosed. But only the lucky second gen units are high nosed! An unchopped first gen diesel is a beautiful thing, but rather than calling it high nose, we call it unchopped. Weird? Yes...but what can I say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbane King Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 Can't forget the somewhat charming high hooded B23-7, in this case in the Franklin Industrial Minerals scheme: http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/0/1/1/7011.1275001072.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Would this qualify as a 'high short hood'? Whether it does or not, they're interesting engines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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