Syonyk
December 12, 2022, 10:18pm
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There are some good looking diesels in there! And I say that as one who rather prefers the looks of steam locomotives.
Syonyk
December 13, 2022, 8:16pm
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And a wonderfully technical yet readable history of the EMD engine development, from 1951:
Syonyk
December 16, 2022, 9:52pm
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Ok, the EMD 567 development guide is a wonderful reminder of just how engineering used to be.
I love the end quote in it:
In closing it must be always kept in mind that the 567 was neither designed or developed by any super intelligent or analytical mind. The engine has dictated every improvement that has been made. We, at ElectroMotive, have only done our best to interpret what the engine was trying to tell us.
Also, the rest of their PDF archive is a great read.
https://utahrails.net/pdf/
… and while we’re here, there’s always the RRExtra!
bombcar
December 16, 2022, 10:31pm
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I suspect this may have been on HN recently, and I feel a need to post this:
Syonyk:
In closing it must be always kept in mind that the 567 was neither designed or developed by any super intelligent or analytical mind. The engine has dictated every improvement that has been made. We, at ElectroMotive, have only done our best to interpret what the engine was trying to tell us.
Pratchett’s next-to-last book Steam has this as an underlying theme (it’s not the most well written considering he was slipping into Alzheimer’s) and it’s seen elsewhere, too.
