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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR??????
Posted by SPCDANW2021 on Friday, May 31, 2013 6:39 PM

About the new AMTRAK Northeast Corridor engines does this mean they are TOTALY replasing the AEM-7s for good or just using them both?? Someone please explain this to me. Thanks so much.

 

 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, June 1, 2013 2:10 PM

As I understand it the AEM-7's are getting to the end of their service lives and nothing Amtraks shop forces do or whatever skills or genius they pocess can reverse the ravages of 30-plus years of hard service.  They were good locomotives, they won't disappear overnight, but they just can't go on forever.  "Past economical repair"  is a term I think we're all familiar with. It can apply to cars, locomotives, ships, airplanes, you name it.

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