RoyBoy posted:To the folks who keep suggesting putting a flat motor in the rear of a GP-7, there are at least two considerations:
-the truck must rotate, which rotates the motor. After a few degrees of rotation, the round part of the motor might hit the insides of the body.
-the power and torque characteristics of the flat motor must match the characteristics of the forward motor exactly, and at all speeds.
If you look at the SD70 and ES44 motors, they do not rotate with the trucks.
Rusty