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We need more 4 axel locomotives. The big locomotives are getting way to big, and complacted. Its technolgy gone way to far. The branch and smaller lines wont be able to handel those locomoives. I also think that 4000 HP should be the limit. The locomotives today will never last as long as the clasic ones. The old ones where built to last, and todays idea of building locomotives is hurry up and throw it together. The quality of the steel and other parts are getting poor. Running the modern locomotives is not like the simple running of, say, an SD-7. With a SD-7 if it breaks down it was easy to fix. With the modern ones, U need a guy with a PHD. If one chip burns out, the whole locomotive is usles. Hear in Sparta Wi, there was Amtrack train #7 with two brand new AMD103s. One had a chip burrn out, and for 4 hours the train blocked the main line. They did not know even where to start. They set the locomotive out, only to have ideling for the next 4 days untill someone came to fix the problem. What dose that say about locomotives of today?? And with some BNSF and CSX crews having problems with new GE units, like stacks bursting into flames, or loose contorl councels, Weshould go back to the old reliables. <br />
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