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TomRedlion — Refueling a Baby Tunnel Motor
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Published: 2012-01-06 04:25:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1045; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 11
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Don't let the California Northern paint job confuse you. This is a Puget Sound and Pacific GP-15 that's about to get a fill-up. #110 and the GP38 it's coupled to are parked at Blakeslee Jct.Related content
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I am, by no means, a professional photographer. Therefore, this critique is offered by me as a railfan and a modeler.
There are two factors I use to judge a photograph to be a superior one: 1. Are there no sharp shadows to distract from the lines and the livery paint of the subject? 2. Are the trucks of the locomotive clear and distinct in the picture?
In my opinion, this photograph passes both tests and is a superior one.
Additionally, all subjects are in focus and join to form an interesting presentation.
Further, the inclusion of a transmodal {highway truck servicing railroad locomotive} interaction makes a highly entertaining photo.
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Well done! Those are some great criteria for judging train art!
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The low grilles are because of the tunnel motor right?
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Not sure of the cause/effect relationship there. However, they bear more than a passing resemblance to their bigger 3000 HP 6-axle tunnel motor cousins. that's why -I- call GP15's 'Baby Tunnel Motors'.
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I think the low grilles on "tunnel motor" engines help with the air intake in cramped tunnels and prevent the engine from choking on its own exhaust.
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That and the lower intakes mean that the fans are drawing in marginally cooler air from lower in the tunnel.
The intake for the diesel engine prime mover is always located fairly high on just about all locomotives.
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