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Re: BN F-units traded in to GE?

Author: Erik H

Date: 12-19-2020 - 19:06

I hate scrappers! Wrote:
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> I read on a blog that BN traded an F-unit in to GE in 1980. What is the point of trading
> in old, worn out locomotives if they just get scrapped, probably for no profit to GE?

Airbus and Boeing routinely make trade-in deals for aircraft. Trade in a 25 year old MD-80 on a brand new A320 or 737.

Your local car dealership does it all the time. Do you think they honestly resell every car they take in on trade? Nope - LOTS of them go to wholesale auctions where they end up thousands of miles away, or at those corner used car lots.

Same with locomotives, although probably a lot less frequently in recent years. If EMD/GE think they can make a good deal offering a discount on a trade-in, and then handle the reuse of the trade-in unit, why not? If EMD/GE think they can take that worn out hulk, resell it for scrap value to a rebuilder like NRE, but then make money off selling new or reman parts to NRE to put on that old worn out frame.

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Erik H Wrote:
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> I hate scrappers! Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I read on a blog that BN traded an F-unit in to
> GE in 1980.  What is the point of trading
> > in old, worn out locomotives if they just get
> scrapped, probably for no profit to GE?
> 
> Airbus and Boeing routinely make trade-in deals
> for aircraft.  Trade in a 25 year old MD-80 on a
> brand new A320 or 737.
> 
> Your local car dealership does it all the time. 
> Do you think they honestly resell every car they
> take in on trade?  Nope - LOTS of them go to
> wholesale auctions where they end up thousands of
> miles away, or at those corner used car lots.
> 
> Same with locomotives, although probably a lot
> less frequently in recent years.  If EMD/GE think
> they can make a good deal offering a discount on a
> trade-in, and then handle the reuse of the
> trade-in unit, why not?  If EMD/GE think they can
> take that worn out hulk, resell it for scrap value
> to a rebuilder like NRE, but then make money off
> selling new or reman parts to NRE to put on that
> old worn out frame.

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