WURR Wrote:
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> All three RDC's are sitting in Elgin, Oregon and
> are reported for sale at $150,000. The last
> fishing train ran in early 2010 using an RDC, and
> one later ran for rafting that year, and one/more
> were used unpowered one the Santa Trains that
> year?
>
> The two RDC-1s were fairly reliable. the xGN RDC3
> has issues with both drive control electronics (no
> spare electronic parts). All three cars were
> rebuilt by BCR in the 80s and are now single end
> cab controls. Maintenance requirements and
> reliability issues were their undoing on both
> Lewis & CLark and Wallowa Union. It is easier to
> maintain and operate an EMD and a John Deere HEP
> compared to three engines (two drive and one
> APU/HEP) per RDC.

$150 grand...what a deal!!! Funny how several years ago after the Lewis & Clark excursions were finished and ODOT needed to unload them to some unsuspecting victim the price was around $550,000. ODOT even made sure the WURR was awarded a "grant" (connect Oregon or some other concocted scheme) of $550,000 in order to enable them to buy them for what ODOT paid.

Something stinks in the way ODOT "invests" the taxpayers money and justifies how grants are awarded. I know a shortline that hasn't received a dime in over 20 years that could use some bridge work!

Sammie