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The 6-71 was developed around the same time as the EMD 567, and by the middle of World War Two production of the 6-71 had already passed 100,000 engines. GM took out an ad in National Geographic to celebrate the production of engine #100,000.

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Wow! Great pix. Thanks!!

Les Beckman (Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum/North Judson, Indiana)

Les: This old model 40 is/was still at Cushing Stone last time I went by
there (fall 05). The track (old west shore) and siding have been pulled up
by CSX. I don't know the what plan Cushing has for it, but it should go
to a museum worthy of it. Ugly but cute to be sure. and.. wet should
have been whet. oops.

I tried contacting cushing stone today at the number given by information. No luck.Does anyone know if they are still in operation?
Does anyone know the weight on one of these units?
Yes the locomotive would be perserved and cared for as well as used. Any help would be appreciated. It would probally see operation on the Lorain & West Virgina as well as the switcher at our shop.

In 1959, Detroit Diesel introduced the V6-71. This became the standard bus diesel engine after that year; replacing the inline 6 used since 1940 in that application.

Don't think the valve covers from a V6 will work on an inline 6!

Nope it sure wouldn't. But a valve cover from a V12-71 should fit a 6-71.

the 71 series (71 cubic inches per cylinder) was made in 2-71, 3-71, 4-71, 6-71, V6-71, V8-71, V12-71, V16-71 and V24-71 models. And in 2(exhaust) valves, 4 valve and turbo-charged 4-valve engines. And an amazing number of the parts ARE interchangeable. An obsolete engine to be sure, but an extremly rugged and simple engine to work on. Probably why there are so many still in use all over. I see a bunch around the farm fields around here still running water pumps.

Greg

Greg, you missed one of the most interesting ones of the bunch, the 1-71. The engine was about half the size of the generator! One of the GM dealers I know keeps one at home as a "pet" engine.

Note that I said 6L-71s power our buses. I don't dispute that the 6V-71 was a standard bus power plant, I know for certain that one of our buses has a 6V-92. But our 6-71s are inlines, I have seen this fact myself.

Regards,
Trevor H.

Any one made contact or have any information on the Cushing Stone 40, is it up for grabs? Is the plant going to let it go? Has anyone made contact with the plant? I called the plant and talked to them about it a couple of years ago and at that time they were not looking to let go of it yet, they seamed surprised that such a fuss was being made over what they just consider one of their older pieces of equipment. I'm thinking by now, or I hope by now they know that their little switcher is more than an obsolete piece of equipment to write off. Most of us forget that these large operations don't look at there equipment like we do especially foreign industries out side of the railroad circle, to many of these large firms equipment comes and goes, consider all the loaders and dump trucks these places go through on site, that far more money is invested in, they don't think of saving this or that every time a loader or dump truck is up for replacement or out dated. In this case as in others the owning party needs to be informed if they don't already know that this item or that item has a historical value and that there are parties willing to preserve it once they are done with it. I'd be right in the middle of this one if I was in the states, but I'm stuck in Japan on a contract right now. As said before in this thread, this size locomotive is just right to load on a depressed center flat and head down the highway. I look forward to hearing this unit has found a home and would be in good hands under operation. Anybody out there if you know what's going on with it, pass the word.

As of this week they havev no plans to get rid of it. They have been made very aware of the historiacl value of this locomotive.(before I talked with them) The person I spoke with said they have no plans of getting rid of it. They are keeping it to possibly move to another site. They also said if they were to dispose of it , it would probally be to a museum.
I made an offer that has to go to someone farther up the ladder so we'll see where that goes.
I was told it still runs great. It sure would look good with the body work done and a good coat of paint spotting LV 119 in the shop for work!