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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by edblysard</i> <br /><br />Retired or second hand/third hand SD40s...a few GP38s...Models were not listed....you buy or lease what you can get for the money you have, weather it "overpowers" your needs or not. <br /> <br />Before we purchased the MK1500Ds, you would find us flat yard switching with SD9s, SD40-2s, GP 30s, 38s, U30s...just about anything we could beg, borrow or lease...even had one of the last UP rebuilt SW10s for a few years...little rascal worked great, till the electrical cabinet caught on fire! <br /> <br />Ed <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Exactly. Given what I know is available out there right now I'd be looking for B23-7s for the 4 axles (12cyl fuel misers) and perhaps SD40-2s for the 6 axles or possibly GEs, but I don't care much for C30s. I have found them to not be terribly reliable. <br /> <br />LC
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