Keith Ode Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > UP has used RCL since 2001. If your statements
> > are true, why is UP still using it?
>
> No other railroad large or small that I'm aware of
> uses RCL to the extent that UP does. If it was
> such a time and cost savings feature, it would be
> more widely used after 15 years. The few BNSF
> switch jobs that I've seen that went RCL have
> either reverted back to non RCL equipped power or
> the crews simply don't use the RCL and belt packs
> to switch. Same with several shortlines (Cal
> Northern comes to mind) and grain operators. Much
> easier and safer to use a standard 3 man switch
> crew.
>
> I would be interested to see an actual
> cost/benefit analysis of UP's RCL implementation.
> Are there reports showing the clear "benefits" of
> RCL operation? What ever happened to the
> CCRCLs? How much money to convert all those
> B30-7s? Why no further expansion and investment
> in RCL technology if its such a fantastic
> innovation?
>
> My point is, most employees in the industry I've
> talked to or heard from third hand, regardless of
> their position, consider RCL a pain in the ass at
> best and a disaster at worst.

I'll repeat my question to you. If RCL is any or all of the things you say, why is Union Pacific still using it?