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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 8, 2001 9:30 PM
WE DO USE 6000 HP UNITS ON HEAVY UNIT TRAINS.THE REASON BEHIND NOT UPDATING ALL UNITS TO 6000 HP IS COST (UP TO 1 MILLION PER UNIT)
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ac60 convertable + sd90mac platform
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 6, 2001 12:48 AM
since the 6000 hp engines are available and now the bugs are worked out, Why are they hesitating in putting in the 6000hp engines?
Why don't they use the 6000hp deisels on heavy coal trains?

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