From: hankvc@blackhole.lostwells.org   
      
   In article , bob   wrote:   
   >On 2015-03-21 17:38:19 +0000, John Albert said:   
   >   
   >> On 3/21/15 1:21 PM, bob wrote:   
   >>> Electric locomotives of that era were heavy but not bulky.   
   >>> The GG1, under its elegant streamlined   
   >>> body, is in many ways similar.  With improvements in technology post-war   
   >>> weights went down, so the number of axles was reduced significantly,   
   >>> leading to much more compact machines.   
   >>   
   >> The GG-1 was anything but "not bulky" inside.   
   >> What space there was, was jam-packed with equipment, leaving little   
   >> room for a man to move around inside them.   
   >>   
   >> I know, I spent time "inside them" moving them around!   
   >   
   >I don't doubt that the GG1 were "compact" inside, but the basic layout,   
   >with the cabs a long way back and the narrow "nose" sections sacrifices   
   >a lot of potential internal space that would be available with a   
   >cab-at-the-end layout.  My point is the layout sacrifices a lot of   
   >potential internal space because the internal equipment didn't need it.   
   >   
   Well, if you'd ever had the opportunity to look inside the New Haven   
   EP-3a boxcab electrics, you wouldn't have found much unoccupied volume.   
   Keep in mind that the GG-1 was just another incarnation of the EP-3a   
   design, with larger motors and the streamlined shell.  Both had to   
   accomodate a very large 25 hz stepdown transformer built with 1930's   
   technology.   
      
   Hank   
      
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