Very nice photo, and sad at the same time. Thx.
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Sniff! Sniff!
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| Posted by K100DS on December 2, 2007 | |
There is 62,400 horsepower in that photo. Nice shot.
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I'm not a railroader. Can someone explain why so much power is lined up here? Looks like massive overkill to an outsider like me.
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Railroads regularly put older locomotives out of service as newer models come in, in this case the ES40DCs. Reliability and maintenance factor heavily into what engines a railroad keeps in active service. They keep them on property for a while to have some reserve power sitting around in the event of a traffic surge, but after a couple of years or so, usually they're sold off, used as parts fodder or scrapped. There are probably more than a few crews that aren't sad these things are going...
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Haha - save the humpbacks!
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