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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffshultz [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman Back on topic, since he went with GE do you think he is using the GE repair program or doing the repairs in-house, isn't that another reason many RR's have gone to GE? On my RR we buy used EMD's but buy new GE's since they are the better runners, though we did get stuck with those monster SD80MAC's that NS got on the Conrail buy [banghead], talk about fuel hogs and keeping them running, my shop people staged a 1 day walkout on that deal. I now know better. [/quote] To quote the article on that topic: "Finally, one of the major reasons the Utah Belt remained a one-builder road for so many years is that of maintenance and parts continuity. General Electric overcame that obstacle by providing a service package for the UB similar to an arrangement it had with the Kansas City Southern -- all maintenance will be performed by GE technicians at a manufacturer-built facility in El Paso, Texas. Special concessions by the Utah Belt's unions had to be worked out before this arrangement could be finalized, but it went through smoothly enough." [/quote] It's a shame I read an article, and then forget what it said, but then again, it's like a new magizine each time I read it [:I][8D]
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