Probably easier to pick one's and two's off to dump, now that they don't need 4-5 units to pull every single road freight. Just my observation, based on recent videos.
Avatar: NHV 669 at the south end of the "Pompy" in White River Jct., VT on 4/29/1993. Photo by Richard Roberg.
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