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UP maintenance of way train

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 4:28 PM

(Yawn) - OK, the Yellow Peril bought or copied a Georgetown Slot train. After 10 years of almost solid use of a slot train, it finally dawned on the operating/financial  dim-bulb supervision that owning might be better than leasing.It'll dawn on them to do the same for undercutters? Went through this cycle once already.

What's old is new again. (until the spread sheet watchers wreck a good thing AGAIN.....with all the power laid-up and parked, they couldn't be seen wasting money on shiny new toys....)

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 4:06 PM

Lithonia Operator
The photo showing E or F units is sure out of place.

You can blame that on the RT&S web staff - they just know what happens at rail level and below and have little concern what happens from the rail top and above.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 1:47 PM

The photo showing E or F units is sure out of place.

Still in training.


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Posted by adkrr64 on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 12:45 PM

Not to mention all the money they spent prettying up those nice yellow gons for a MOW train. On CSX, the MOW rolling stock all look like they last saw a paint shop during the Nixon administration.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 8:13 AM

blue streak 1
UP is combining all track work into one train.  Maybe this is what CSX and NS need to clear their ROWs?

Watch and read: Union Pacific's new Maintenance of Way train completes maiden voyage - Railway Track and Structures (rtands.com)

Bringing jobs back to the railroad from contractors - isn't that the very anthisis of what PSR is all about?

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UP maintenance of way train
Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, February 7, 2022 11:32 PM

UP is combining all track work into one train.  Maybe this is what CSX and NS need to clear their ROWs?

Watch and read: Union Pacific's new Maintenance of Way train completes maiden voyage - Railway Track and Structures (rtands.com)

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