From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
      
   > According to Wonkypedia:   
      
   (list of pretty nice locomotives)   
      
      
   > Still, it's a solid improvement over what it's replacing:   
      
   (list of locomotives that really aren't half bad)   
      
      
   In the case of the listed subject though (the Talgos and an E unit), we   
   are talking about F59s.  These are only 2240 kW.   
      
   The Talgo trains only weigh in at about 250 tons or so.  The entire   
   train is lighter than the locomotive + cab car used on them.   
      
   For the older Talgos operating here, what is needed is a light weight   
   1,500 horsepower locomotive with four axles.  One of these could be put   
   at each end of the older trains, producing 3,000 horsepower (2240 kw)   
   total, only spread over 8 axles to give good starting adhesion, and   
   spreading the weight of the engine over more axles.   
      
   The bad news is that nobody is going to want to produce such a   
   locomotive.  The Talgos are uniquely light weight in the USA, so there   
   will be little demand for such a light weight and low horsepower   
   locomotive elsewhere.   
      
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