Yup, it's right there..illustrated in the SD7 operator's manual. Gear teeth right in the shaft. You'd think that the need to keep the cases tight, and properly lubed would be obvious, but short cuts get taken...and the price is paid! Was the Penn guilty of such brainless stupidity?? Gonna guess that it would come down to "who and where". Being assigned to one home terminal base (Hawthorne) would help, but not guarantee the proper treatment. I'm going to speculate that the reason for the switch to 62:15 gears on the SD9 order was more a recognition of the higher capacity motors available, plus a desire for standardization. Good to hear that others besides B&LE had no difficulty with the 65:12 set-up. I'd be curious to learn when this option was dropped at EMD.
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