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Why so few SD.80 MACS?
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Mr. Harrier's post arrived while I was typing. He's right; availability is a very important factor. Our sources tell us SD70M availability at UP is in the 94-96% range. <br /> <br />Take a calculator. Say you can choose between 1000 6000-hp, 80% available locos at $2.5M each, and 1000 4000-hp, 95% available locos at $1.5m each: <br /> <br />1000 x 80% x 6000 = 4.8 million horsepower available every day <br />1000 x 95% x 4000 = 3.8 million horsepower available every day <br /> <br />If the price per actual available horsepower was proportional, you would get: <br /> <br />1.5B/3.8M = x/4.8M <br /> 7.2 = 3.8X <br /> x = 1.89B <br /> <br />That is, the 6000-hp loco is worth only an extra $390,000/unit. Unfortunately, they cost you an extra $1,000,000/unit. That's going to be a tough sell to your boss! <br /> <br />Granted, this does not figure cost of maintenance, fuel, etc., etc., but you can see what an enormous cost hole the 6000-hp loco already has to dig out of. <br />
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