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Re: UP Tunnel Motors
Author: theconductor
Date: 12-11-2011 - 23:33

Mr. Guy Wrote:
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> UP retired just about all of them. They were just
> like me, old, tired and worked when they wanted
> to. Err, I guess I shouldn't really say that last
> part, those things perform much better than these
> modern computer aided and operated pieces of junk
> we have now. But they did reach the end of their
> useful life. I'd sure like to know if the few KCS
> aquired from UP some years back are still in
> operation or retired too. They sure looked great
> in KCS Grey Paint.

Umm... no... Those things perform far worse than the computer controlled "junk" we have now. Not to mention that the newer loco's are quieter and more comfortable (for the most part) than those aged pieces of history...

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  UP Tunnel Motors Jim Speaker 12-10-2011 - 13:56
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Mr. Guy 12-10-2011 - 14:27
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors MP 44.7 12-10-2011 - 18:31
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Mistertower 12-10-2011 - 19:11
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Bruce Holleran 12-10-2011 - 19:14
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Matt Farnsworth 12-10-2011 - 19:43
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Mistertower 12-10-2011 - 21:19
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors theconductor 12-11-2011 - 23:33
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Butler 12-12-2011 - 09:17
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Richard O 12-12-2011 - 14:24
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors theconductor 12-11-2011 - 23:33
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors Shannon 12-10-2011 - 19:17
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors P. Kepler 12-10-2011 - 19:36
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors njt 12-11-2011 - 10:48
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors -- EWG 8924 correct history. Throttle Hogg 12-10-2011 - 21:47
  Re: UP Tunnel Motors -- EWG 8924 correct history. SGH 12-11-2011 - 21:43
  EWG 8924 correct history and soon to be retired. Butler 12-12-2011 - 08:18
  Re: EWG 8924 correct history and soon to be retired. sss 12-12-2011 - 09:51
  Re: EWG 8924 correct history and soon to be retired. Butler 12-12-2011 - 10:42
  Re: EWG 8924 correct history and soon to be retired. Graham Buxton 12-13-2011 - 05:32
  Re: EWG 8924 correct history and soon to be retired. Butler 12-15-2011 - 07:24
  Ex DRGW "Tunnel Motor" on EWG butler 12-16-2011 - 19:29


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