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Re: GGRM: The UP is cutting them no slack
Author: john
Date: 06-20-2019 - 20:18
Hot Water Wrote:
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> Seen & heard Wrote:
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> > And-
> >
> >
> [www.rypn.org]
>
> > 30&p=292381#p292381
> >
> >
> > UP has apparently declined to move a lot of
> this
> > equipment on its own wheels for various
> reasons,
> > so it will be a lot more expensive and take
> > longer. According to facebook posts by a person
> > with GGRM: "UP will not move the 2472, FM 1487,
> > F7's 6378-6380 and the 3 coaches. I just heard
> > they won't move our GP9 3194 now too, something
> > about the wheels, these are going to have to be
> > loaded in depressed center flat car's...2472
> it's
> > the lubing and stuff on the way, the FM it's
> the
> > plain bearings, the F units and coaches it's
> > because of none self alining coupler's ."
>
> Amazing how much "old school" knowledge has been
> lost from today's railroad mechanical departments.
> Apparently none of the latest, "college degreed"
> folks are aware that EVERY single DC traction
> motor powered EMD and GE diesel unit within their
> fleets, have plain bearings in the traction motor
> support bearing areas.
And railroads ran for over a hundred years, and million upon millions of miles without self alining couplers.
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> Seen & heard Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > And-
> >
> >
> [www.rypn.org]
>
> > 30&p=292381#p292381
> >
> >
> > UP has apparently declined to move a lot of
> this
> > equipment on its own wheels for various
> reasons,
> > so it will be a lot more expensive and take
> > longer. According to facebook posts by a person
> > with GGRM: "UP will not move the 2472, FM 1487,
> > F7's 6378-6380 and the 3 coaches. I just heard
> > they won't move our GP9 3194 now too, something
> > about the wheels, these are going to have to be
> > loaded in depressed center flat car's...2472
> it's
> > the lubing and stuff on the way, the FM it's
> the
> > plain bearings, the F units and coaches it's
> > because of none self alining coupler's ."
>
> Amazing how much "old school" knowledge has been
> lost from today's railroad mechanical departments.
> Apparently none of the latest, "college degreed"
> folks are aware that EVERY single DC traction
> motor powered EMD and GE diesel unit within their
> fleets, have plain bearings in the traction motor
> support bearing areas.
And railroads ran for over a hundred years, and million upon millions of miles without self alining couplers.
