Innotrans Berlin 2010 - ALP-45DP for NJ Transit

[Andreas Umnus]

Bombardier presented a new "Dual power locomotive" for NJ Transit at the exhibition.

Here some pictures of the ALP-45DP

The sign with the description of the loco.

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Attached on the outside of the loco was these painting.

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The "ALP-45DP" at the exhebition.

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Inside the driver's cab.

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Some information about the status of the loco.

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One of the two diesel engines.

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The compressed air rack and behind it the WC.

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The loco from the backside.

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The loco from the backside.

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For better reading:

A closer view at the description.

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[John Ashworth]

That axle load in the last picture seems high.

[Steve Appleton]

John, I suspect the axle-loading is correct: 4 axles * 32.66 gives a total loco mass of 130.64 tonnes, which seems reasonable given that there are two diesel engines on board plus all the multi-voltage electrical gear. Strange though that the loco is configured with just 4 axles instead of 6.
Although we ex-colonials enjoy a larger loading gauge than the UK, and on 1065 and 1000 mm, we forget just how much larger the scale of engineering on modern US railroads really is.