So, ya seen these new EMDs?

[mu26aeh]

Does the next generation of progress have to have so much oil/grease leaking all over the fuel tank ?

[wazzou]

Does the next generation of progress have to have so much oil/grease leaking all over the fuel tank ?

Granted, GE does usually combust it, gloriously.   
I remember the earliest widely purchased GE units, the U25-B and U28-B's famously leaked oil, so much so that the engine compartments flooded, seeping through the gaps in the lower hood doors.

[C855B]

I'm surprised the horns aren't over the radiator fans. That seems like a good way to keep them warm in winter.

That was UP practice for several decades when everybody else was on the cab, specifically to fight the snow-clogging problem, just like hatch wings on E-units and snow-hood signals. With an apparently policy change - after my modeling period ('70s) - they started moving them to the cab, and with modern stuff they're left in the factory location, in the middle. There are likely reasons, but I don't know 'em.

EDIT: Of course, the great sage of all things UP, Don Strack, has the 411: https://utahrails.net/up/up-loco-features.php

[wazzou]

The Great Northern normally positioned the horns on their EMD's above the radiators.

[Lenny53]

I'm surprised the horns aren't over the radiator fans. That seems like a good way to keep them warm in winter.

Next to the exhaust stack should be plenty warm.

[jagged ben]

I'm a little surprised at all the horn discussion. Hasn't that sort of placement been standard ever since spartan cabs went out of style?

[Missaberoad]

I'm a little surprised at all the horn discussion. Hasn't that sort of placement been standard ever since spartan cabs went out of style?

I think the original comment was based on the single chime right at the rear of the long hood...

[jagged ben]

I think the original comment was based on the single chime right at the rear of the long hood...

Gotcha.  Isn't it a double chime? I wonder if the horns are directional based on which way the engine is set to move.

[Missaberoad]

Gotcha.  Isn't it a double chime? I wonder if the horns are directional based on which way the engine is set to move.

I think you're right, we have single rear chimes on our gp20ecos, and all horns go off no matter what direction you are moving... They seem louder fwiw...

[Doug G.]

The more I look at these new EMD's the better I like them. Nice, clean lines.

Doug

[Steveruger45]

The more I look at these new EMD's the better I like them. Nice, clean lines.

Doug

+1