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Re: NS (Norfolk Southern) OCS
Author: Wagoneer
Date: 04-27-2021 - 07:43

Jawn Henry Wrote:
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> I'll take a WAG and say it's due to reduced
> maintenance and operating costs.
>
> By using garden variety modern power, they avoid
> problems with obtaining expensive (and harder to
> find) replacement parts and the wasted admin
> overhead of managing the whole process.
>
> That said, the covered wagons sure looked good...

Nope.

The units had been completely modernized and upgraded mechaically and electrically. There were no "expensive, hard to find parts," left in them.

They hot rid of them because they wanted to. Period.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  NS (Norfolk Southern) OCS Jim G. 04-26-2021 - 20:18
  Re: NS (Norfolk Southern) OCS Jawn Henry 04-27-2021 - 06:45
  Re: NS (Norfolk Southern) OCS Wagoneer 04-27-2021 - 07:43
  Re: NS (Norfolk Southern) OCS Jawn Henry 04-27-2021 - 13:52
  PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? Rick 04-27-2021 - 15:55
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? Jawn Henry 04-27-2021 - 20:30
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? The poster formerly known as N&W's st 04-28-2021 - 05:59
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? Hot Water 04-28-2021 - 07:37
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP???- Thanks! Rick 04-28-2021 - 17:19
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? Nudge 04-30-2021 - 16:13
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? FUD 05-01-2021 - 07:24
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? OPRRMS 05-01-2021 - 08:06
  @ FUD OPRRMS 05-01-2021 - 08:12
  Re: @ FUD FUD 05-01-2021 - 09:14
  Re: PRR/NS/CSX units "modern motor" like UP??? Jawn Henry 05-01-2021 - 11:59


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