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Hudson5432 posted:

Number 90,

During my time there, ALL proposed design changes were reviewed for both safety and maintainability by the Service group, and we ALWAYS kept them in the loop so that there were NO surprises.  The service people routinely visited Erie and sat with us in all of those meetings, and they had excellent credibility.  At times, "over a few beers", things sometimes got interesting though....

 I do recall a few screw ups.  One set of demonstrators could not be sanded from the end platform on the #2 end of the loco, but could be sanded from an overhead sanding tower.  We had to scramble to get that fixed so the #2 end sand fills would permit sanding using either method. I also recall that Drafting had to relocate the engine hatch covers on the Dash 7 to permit a single cylinder replacement "without taking everything apart".  The main person who managed this was Dave I. Smith.  The Field Service Group all reported to him.  "DI" was an absolute genius, with both BSME AND an BSEE degrees, who cut his teeth on UP GTEL gas turbines at the beginning of his career.  Boy, did he have stories to tell...!

As one who had to work on and move around on GE locomotives, I have an entirely different opinion!

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