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INRD: Pushing their MACs

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Posted by Bryan Jones on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:35 AM
its only run thru power, nothing more than that. INRD was already well aware of the capability of these units when they chose to acquire them. Bryan Jones
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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, November 14, 2011 10:27 AM

Mr. Railman

Over the past few months, the Indiana Railroad has been running SD9043MACs on Canadian Pacific Freight trains between Chicago and st. Paul. These locomotives have mainly been working on a Coke train between the two cities, as well as being on Evening Intermodal 183, one of the only freights to access the C&M sub via A5. Is the INRD testing their macs for the future, because I also remember in a past issue of Trains that the chairman of the regional said he's like to tap into the intermodal market.

No, it is just CP making use of the locomotives for which they are paying rental rather than having them sit around while Flint Hills fills the hoppers with Pet Coke.

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INRD: Pushing their MACs
Posted by Mr. Railman on Monday, November 14, 2011 8:02 AM

Over the past few months, the Indiana Railroad has been running SD9043MACs on Canadian Pacific Freight trains between Chicago and st. Paul. These locomotives have mainly been working on a Coke train between the two cities, as well as being on Evening Intermodal 183, one of the only freights to access the C&M sub via A5. Is the INRD testing their macs for the future, because I also remember in a past issue of Trains that the chairman of the regional said he's like to tap into the intermodal market.

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