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PTC + ECP + DPU - Coal + Intermodal = ?
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<p>Wow. What a fascinating read -- thanks for sharing it!</p> <p>I'm not going to stick my neck out and speculate about industry economics, electrification, or the role of technology, but I will punch one hole in your narrative.</p> <p>[quote]<span>The original brake valves from when the cars were built in the first part of the century were mostly still in place and the train still carried an ancient end of train device they called FRED. Charlie had no idea why they called them FRED. Maybe it was the name of the inventor? An old head had told him a story about a rather vulgar acronym. That couldn't be right. <strong>Railroaders didn't use that kind of language</strong>.[/quote]</span></p> <p>From my experience in the industry, that's one thing that will never change. [:-^]</p>
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