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Those SD70s are workhorses... any word on why the Chargers were sidelined? A bad PTC box would prevent them from leading, but not from being MU'd. So dead in tow is an assumption, not necessarily fact.

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That's why only critical or proprietary parts get escrowed.

Lights, brake lines and fan motors are a commodity you can somewhat easily work around with another provider's product. A truck frame casting or inverter control module, not so much.

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Nah, no more need for "help" from Congress... It's already commonplace in procurements to require the design for critical parts and software to be placed into escrow, so if the OEM disappears, the purchaser still has some recourse to get replacements fabricated. Sent from my SM-S911U using...

And now someone in MEM is pissed their engine got loose....

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Tadman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:49 pm Any news on the Duluth train? Would love to ride that some day.

Wait until the Daley era tax breaks to get those corporate headquarters start expiring. He left office in 2011, and those are typically 15-20 year deals.

This is why some companies still insist on tight vertical integration, and others are re-thinking their offshore supply dependencies.

The F59PHI is a personal favorite... doesn't look like a 50 year old locomotive, even though all of them are over 20 years old....

Don't forget we'd have seatbelts on trains with a requirement to keep them on at all times while the train is in motion.

We require that in private cars and aircraft, yet don't require it on buses or trains. Go figure.

So essentially, you have no actual data, and are relying entirely on media reports for your information?

That pretty much explains everything.

I'd think there might be some Horizons that are on the verge of being surplus by now.... wouldn't those be a good fit?

Trains buried the lede to throw shade on Siemens again... If these are really parts needed for regular or routine maintenance, then the real issue here isn't availability from Siemens, but some purchasing manager at Amtrak deciding it was wastefull to keep the required quantity of a part in stock. Y...

Yep, the question is whether or not STB has standing or grounds to demand "working product" be preserved -if- the results are already preserved in another form. Courts also don't take kindly to "preserve all documents and records" without some degree of specificity. Playing seman...

I read about the containers being removed and sent on through the system but is anyone inspecting the containers for damage as they pass on to another ship or will the end user be standing there with crossed fingers hoping their shipment is in good condition? Nobody's opening those containers befor...

lensovet wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:09 pm Seems like a lot of squeeze for very little juice.