by Guilford Guy9887
thats news to me. i haven't heard of any issues with the kcs units
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roberttosh wrote:You'd think with all these "new" locomotives rolling onto the property, the power situation would have somewhat stabilized, yet just today was told by someone in the Trans Dept that the power situation is real bad right now (as is the crew situation). Was also told that a lot of this new 6-axle power is in pretty bad shape and that some of these units may be canibilized pretty quickly to keep the other ones going.Wait so these "new" units have been bought by PAR? 10 more? If your right about the shape they are in I'd say two for the deadline? lol
guilford88panam wrote:Wait so these "new" units have been bought by PAR? 10 more? If your right about the shape they are in I'd say two for the deadline? lolYeps, PAR has purchased 20 locomotives in the last 4 months, 10 from KCS/KCSM/TFM and 10 from Helm Leasing. I can't attest to the condition of this most recent batch, but the fact that of the original 10 most have been repainted and all but the 603 is in service says that atleast the KCS units were purchased to run, not for parts.
newpylong wrote:The first batch are all decent engines and won't be cannibalized. They are still def. power short. The empty coal train today backed off on the Conn River and the NS power was stolen for another job.What about the second batch Newpy? Are they decent, or do you not know yet?
KSmitty wrote:Thanks, I knew they bought the KCS ones a couple months ago. Ive seen a few at Rigby but the Helm purchase is recent news to me. I'm glad to see even more 6 packs. Just wish they would invest in a couple sd70m-2's :pguilford88panam wrote:Wait so these "new" units have been bought by PAR? 10 more? If your right about the shape they are in I'd say two for the deadline? lolYeps, PAR has purchased 20 locomotives in the last 4 months, 10 from KCS/KCSM/TFM and 10 from Helm Leasing. I can't attest to the condition of this most recent batch, but the fact that of the original 10 most have been repainted and all but the 603 is in service says that atleast the KCS units were purchased to run, not for parts.
guilford88panam wrote:Just wish they would invest in a couple sd70m-2's :pKeep wishing. They could purchase 25 SD40-2s for the price of one SD70M-2.
MEC407 wrote:Hahaha, I know. It's just a wish :pguilford88panam wrote:Just wish they would invest in a couple sd70m-2's :pKeep wishing. They could purchase 25 SD40-2s for the price of one SD70M-2.