Re: UP Power Returns To The Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line
Author: Howard
Date: 06-11-2013 - 10:40
SCMBGM Wrote:
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> For those that are wondering,
>
> The reason we had to lease the locomotive was due
> to a little hitch in our repairs to the MH 89. One
> of the radiators had been leaking and it was
> begining to deteriorate rapidly so the decision
> was made to swap the core out. Unfortunately the
> replacement core turned out to be in worse shape
> than the old one which caught us by suprise.
> Because of the lead time from our parts source we
> had to lease an engine from UP to service our
> customers. The F-Units are only suitable for road
> work and may not be used for switching as per FRA
> regulation also they are both out of time on the
> blue cards since early April.
>
>
> Jeff Weeks
> General Manager
> SCMBRy
Jeff,
Thanks for providing the detail.
Howard