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Re: BN F-units traded in to GE?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 12-18-2020 - 16:26

I hate scrappers! Wrote:
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>
> My questions remains, why did they "trade in"
> stuff, instead of just selling it to a metal
> scrapped directly? I suspect EMD/GE liked to get
> used power out of the market, hence the trade-in
> program.

EMD, GE and Alco all offered a trade in credit for most old locomotives that was applied against the cost of the new ones. That was a Big Deal to the owner of the new units.

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  BN F-units traded in to GE? I hate scrappers! 12-18-2020 - 14:27
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? Hot Water 12-18-2020 - 15:09
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? I hate scrappers! 12-18-2020 - 15:31
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? OPRRMS 12-18-2020 - 16:26
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? Cal Worthington 12-18-2020 - 18:24
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? WAF 12-18-2020 - 15:50
  1-877-F-units-for-kids Thomas 12-18-2020 - 17:44
  Re: BN F-units traded in to GE? Erik H 12-19-2020 - 19:06
  Worst are those who trade in their worn out mattresses King Coil Mattress 12-20-2020 - 05:31
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