The Andy Smith
Early BN fuel tender
In the early 80's BN's reputation as the 2nd largest diesel fuel consumer in the country (after the Navy) was starting to hit it's ego as well as it's wallet.
One experiment involved converting a Geep to run on LPG. GP9 1961 is here at Northtown with it's TOFC fuel tender. I don't remember the exact details, but it seems like there were concerns over having the locomotive coupled to a LPG tank car and somehow having a semi trailer loaded with the stuff on a flat wasn't as big of a deal?
If it looks like a Geep, it must be a Geep. If it looks like a bomb, it has to be repackaged.
Early BN fuel tender
In the early 80's BN's reputation as the 2nd largest diesel fuel consumer in the country (after the Navy) was starting to hit it's ego as well as it's wallet.
One experiment involved converting a Geep to run on LPG. GP9 1961 is here at Northtown with it's TOFC fuel tender. I don't remember the exact details, but it seems like there were concerns over having the locomotive coupled to a LPG tank car and somehow having a semi trailer loaded with the stuff on a flat wasn't as big of a deal?
If it looks like a Geep, it must be a Geep. If it looks like a bomb, it has to be repackaged.