Serious injury done to the engine block. Bureaucratic nonsense. Is there any point preserving the loco after this?

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Metrolink
Today, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) visited the Central Maintenance Facility (CMF) to certify the engine block of Engine No. 800 was drilled, permanently disabling the engine. Engine No. 800 was removed from service with the arrival of the Tier 4 locomotives. As part of a grant from the SCAQMD, older engines had to be permanently disabled.

Engine No. 800 was the oldest, continuously active engine in Metrolink’s fleet having started its service in1981 in an Amtrak locomotive before coming to Metrolink in 2005.The community will be pleased to know their least favorite piece of equipment has taken it’s last ride.

Tier 4 locomotives reduce emissions between 65 and 85 percent compared to older models, provide 64 percent more horsepower than engines like No. 800 and save engine fuel by 8 percent compared to their replacements. Currently, we have taken delivery of 23 Tier 4s with more on the way.

We can look wistfully on the service that engine No. 800 gave us and how integral it was to the success we enjoy today. Let us now look to the future of safer, cleaner and more efficient rail service.

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