Do they have a healthy following in the USA?
Up until the late 1990s, most enthusiasts couldnt really have cared less for them here. They were a real minority interest. But once numbers of the 1960s and 1970s built loco's started to decline, these types suddenly started to attract a bigger following. It even got to the point where class 86 and 87 locomotives on service trains were suddenly being mobbed by enthusiasts, where as before they were treated with the kind of contempt that multiple units are treated with.
I do like the AEM-7s and get plenty of haulage behind them when I'm over. Although will probably never get the chance to see a GG1 in action
Up until the late 1990s, most enthusiasts couldnt really have cared less for them here. They were a real minority interest. But once numbers of the 1960s and 1970s built loco's started to decline, these types suddenly started to attract a bigger following. It even got to the point where class 86 and 87 locomotives on service trains were suddenly being mobbed by enthusiasts, where as before they were treated with the kind of contempt that multiple units are treated with.
I do like the AEM-7s and get plenty of haulage behind them when I'm over. Although will probably never get the chance to see a GG1 in action