This is one of those things that I'd love to know how it started, etc.
Looking at this logically, what exactly is the pool of 6 axle ALCOs left? Anyone can figure out that it's quite small, at best. So, I sincerely doubt that the WNYP, LAL, etc., would send out a notice or otherwise spread it around that they were looking for 6 axle power. Simple economics dictate it to be so.
If it was a "plant," in other words, if someone at the aforementioned railroads really did have this interest, they would have gone about it in a much quieter, more sincere fashion than this.
My two cents are that someone somewhere thinks he knows something that he really doesn't, and decided to throw some things together and publish them.
This could also be a creative way to spread a rumor without actually calling it a rumor: declare that the WNYP is looking for 6 axle power! It has to be true!
I know I have said this before if anyone cared: if I ran a forum and rumors were spread, I'd ban them from the forum. The internet precludes such measures in most cases. A published document should be held accountable to a higher standard, and that's certainly not the case here.
Again, I question the motives involved.
Dave Becker
Looking at this logically, what exactly is the pool of 6 axle ALCOs left? Anyone can figure out that it's quite small, at best. So, I sincerely doubt that the WNYP, LAL, etc., would send out a notice or otherwise spread it around that they were looking for 6 axle power. Simple economics dictate it to be so.
If it was a "plant," in other words, if someone at the aforementioned railroads really did have this interest, they would have gone about it in a much quieter, more sincere fashion than this.
My two cents are that someone somewhere thinks he knows something that he really doesn't, and decided to throw some things together and publish them.
This could also be a creative way to spread a rumor without actually calling it a rumor: declare that the WNYP is looking for 6 axle power! It has to be true!
I know I have said this before if anyone cared: if I ran a forum and rumors were spread, I'd ban them from the forum. The internet precludes such measures in most cases. A published document should be held accountable to a higher standard, and that's certainly not the case here.
Again, I question the motives involved.
Dave Becker
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