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"Go ahead..... ask the questions ! <br />Randy" <br /> <br />thank you. <br />it was actually your initial response to gabe's scrap thread regarding matching hp to tonnage and locomotive reliability requiring multiple units which sparked my request. <br />it is these types of questions concerning strategy of behaviors which i would like to ask. <br /> <br />not sure exactly where to start. would it be reasonable to look at divisions within a carrier's territory? when a railroad orders locomotives and other equipment does the railroad try to make choices on the basis of serving a particular route and task or do economies of order scale require a more general attitude toward specifications? <br />could you randomly choose two routes known to you and compare their profiles, freight carried and equipment demands etc. and point out how the given parameters determine varying corporate responses to the situations presented? i suggest running the thread as a venue for asking about general principles to be highlighted by concrete examples which can be used as "case studies". <br />randy, this is a first shot at this. if you have a better way of approaching the discussion, please follow your own intuition. <br />much appreciated, <br />cbt141
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