tundraboomer Wrote:
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> sprules1996 Wrote:
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> > Oh, ok. I'm fully prepared to go anywhere I'm
> > needed, but it would have been nice to have
> > mainline runs near home. Only locals there,
> huh?
> > Oh well, at least I would get to work with the
> > older, more interesting power.
>
> Dude, after a few nights on so-called "older, more
> interesting power", you'll be dying for a shift on
> something that doesn't shake, rattle, and thump
> through the night. Watching old power from the
> sidelines isn't the same as working on it day and
> night.

Even more importantly, the crew on the Leesdale that met Metrolink head-on that fateful afternoon likely wouldn't be alive today if they'd had older power.