Re: PC: Re: Re: U-Boats

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When we used to convert U30B's to U23's for LV units there was a faring on
the top in front of the radiator that had to be filed off for LV (and PC)
U23's but I believe D&H 23's still had this...   in any case easy to file
off if you're careful.

BK

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> From: Jejunabra -AT- aol.com
> To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
> Subject: Re: PC: Re: Re: U-Boats
> Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 10:50 PM
> 
> >From what I read about the U23 and U30 B and C, the four and six axle
> locomotives of these two models (i.e. U23B and U30B and U23C and U30C,
had
> identical carbodies, except for the door arrangement and a 12 cylinder
engine
> in the 23 line versus the 16 cylinder engine in the 30 line, and even the
> physical dimensions were the same for the 23 and 30Bs and the 23Cs and
30Cs.
> So you could get away with using a U30c to pinch hit as a U23c, just
change
> the road number.
> 
> Jim Mancuso