BN Oly Wrote:
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> One of the two EMD demo SD70ACE's that has been
> hanging around CEECo has been repainted into
> Tacoma Rail and numbered 7001. I assume the other
> will as well.
>
> This is upsetting for several reasons. One, there
> is no reason for those big motors. The fuel spent
> doubling the gulch with a heavy train is no way
> offset by the price of these monsters. 2, they
> are 710 powered and will sound boring. 3, either
> 3000 or 3001 has a glorious sounding 3 chime and I
> am sure the old 645 powered units will be sold off
> elsewhere. 4, this is some sort of emissions scam
> I am sure that somewhere taxpayer money went into
> some grant to get these underutilized hulks. 5,
> spend spend spend.
>
> Tacoma rail has way too much power right now. I
> rarely ever see the Genset at work. The 4 MP15's
> do the bulk of the work with the GP22 pitching in
> here and there and the SD's working the hill. The
> Oly Turn has been using the 2 GP40's (too much
> power again, they have a wye, one unit can handle
> the tonnage, they would just have to use more than
> notch 3) and I have no idea where the GP38's
> currently are at. Oh and they have one of the old
> GP7 rebuilds still sitting around that they got
> $$$ to re-engine even though they never use it..
> or the Genset... and rarely the GP22.
>
> Soapbox rant over.

Perhaps they should hire you to straighten things out.
The last thing they need is locomotives that sound
boring.