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The extinction of 4-axle units?
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NS still uses 4-axle's on many of their freights in the Atlanta area at least. We still see high-hood GP-38's and 50's all the time. They run the GP-60's on intermodal trains mostly but you never know what consist you might see. Several month's ago I saw a high-hood GP-38 running long hood first latched to a BNSF CW40-9 heading north out of Atlanta with a general merchadise run. We occasionally see the B30-7's with the high short hoods also. They've painted a rare low hood GP-59 in Southern green as well. That is a sight to behold. CSX runs a few GP-40's on local freights and at the rock quarry in Kennesaw , GA. They also run a B36-7 on the daily local north of Atlanta. I believe there are many years of service left for the 4-axles, but railroads find it more economical to run the big Dash 9's out on the road.
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