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Well GE just keeps there awesome fleet just rolling right off of the assembly line. Coming back from Lincoln to K.C. an empty grain train with a new ES44DC BNSF 7640 blew up. The unit got a crank case overpressure, pretty nice for a new unit. Take these GE's and scrap them all. GM is the way to go. <br />All the GE is good for is giving the engineer a headache. All the rattleing, shaking, of the console, now that just in the cab, let alone the fact GE cannot produce a unit that can grip the rail like the GM units do. <br /> <br />Just look at the coal trains BNSF runs threw the mid-west. Like most trains that I run that are between 115 cars to 150 cars of coal. Some of the trains like the MHS loads and a few others that don't have quite as many cars will have GE for power. Get a train that has 135 to 150 cars will have GM 70Macs for power. The railroad knows what engines are good for pulling but they are so cheap they just keep buying the GE crap. Like the MHS loads will have 2 and 1 dp on a 125 car train. Get a KCL or a PAM coal train that has 135 cars and it will be two GMs 1 and 1 dp. Or the Thomas Hill coal train that they have tested with 150 cars and the use of only SD70macs. GE should just stay with making light bulbs or refrigerators.
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