They're planning to sell it.Track removal is currently in-progress. Guestimated sale price is $300-400 Million.
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Leo_Ames wrote:The AC6000CW fleet that was heavily rebuilt to cure their teething troubles, including installing new GEVO-16 engines to replace the original but unreliable 7HDL power plants, is now gone as well. All retired and sold to Progress Rail except for the three prototypes that got FDL's installed (making them equivalent to the AC4400CW fleet), which remain on the roster.You actually think they won't have sold all locomotives by 2019? Selling all locomotives increases profits for Mantle Ridge!
Mass retirements of Dash 8's are still happening regularly as well, with the last survivors appearing likely to not see 2018 out. Even the 10 CW40-8M's that GE recently rebuilt in a pre-Harrison test to renew the Dash 8 fleet are on the hit list, although I imagine they won't be seeing the scrapyard when they're disposed of.
With the phase out of the small C40-9W fleet also underway, I imagine come 2019 the GE fleet will be composed of only AC4400CW, ES44AH, ET44AH, and ES40DC models.
mmi16 wrote:Leo_Ames wrote:The AC6000CW fleet that was heavily rebuilt to cure their teething troubles, including installing new GEVO-16 engines to replace the original but unreliable 7HDL power plants, is now gone as well. All retired and sold to Progress Rail except for the three prototypes that got FDL's installed (making them equivalent to the AC4400CW fleet), which remain on the roster.You actually think they won't have sold all locomotives by 2019? Selling all locomotives increases profits for Mantle Ridge!
Mass retirements of Dash 8's are still happening regularly as well, with the last survivors appearing likely to not see 2018 out. Even the 10 CW40-8M's that GE recently rebuilt in a pre-Harrison test to renew the Dash 8 fleet are on the hit list, although I imagine they won't be seeing the scrapyard when they're disposed of.
With the phase out of the small C40-9W fleet also underway, I imagine come 2019 the GE fleet will be composed of only AC4400CW, ES44AH, ET44AH, and ES40DC models.
scratchy wrote:download/file.php?id=18007&mode=view" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;mmi16 wrote:Leo_Ames wrote:The AC6000CW fleet that was heavily rebuilt to cure their teething troubles, including installing new GEVO-16 engines to replace the original but unreliable 7HDL power plants, is now gone as well. All retired and sold to Progress Rail except for the three prototypes that got FDL's installed (making them equivalent to the AC4400CW fleet), which remain on the roster.You actually think they won't have sold all locomotives by 2019? Selling all locomotives increases profits for Mantle Ridge!
Mass retirements of Dash 8's are still happening regularly as well, with the last survivors appearing likely to not see 2018 out. Even the 10 CW40-8M's that GE recently rebuilt in a pre-Harrison test to renew the Dash 8 fleet are on the hit list, although I imagine they won't be seeing the scrapyard when they're disposed of.
With the phase out of the small C40-9W fleet also underway, I imagine come 2019 the GE fleet will be composed of only AC4400CW, ES44AH, ET44AH, and ES40DC models.
QB 52.32 wrote:First quarter 2018 CSX operating ratio 63.7, down from 73.2 year prior vs. NS 69.3, down from 70 a year ago. Still early post-EHH changes, but certainly bears watching.When you cut muscle away from the operation it is easy to pare down the operating ratio. CSX has always had sharp pencils in the Finance Dept. Now with sharp pencils and creative use of 'generally accepted accounting principles' any number you want is within reach.