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...