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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by nw2608</i> <br /><br />You are the purchaser of motive power on a regional railroad with a trunk line of about 1000 miles which has several 1% grades but no sharp curves. The railroad is in the high desert so keep thinking turbocharged. The road has several branches to mines which have 2% grades and again no sharp curves. All the rail is welded, heavy, with no weight restrictions. Traffic is minerals from the mines and bridge traffic which is mostly finished products, lumber, and grain. The owner has given you the following items to think about: No DASH 9's or AC power (too new), no SD70's (Too good), and no SD40-2's (worship one God, not two). Don't worry about quantity. What models of locomtives would you purchase? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />You have n't given me the following important information that I need to make my decsion. <br /> <br />1. How much traffic is moving? <br /> <br />2. What kinds of minerals or metals are moving? Unit trains or smaller groups of cars? <br /> <br />3. Is grain moving in unit trains? How big? <br /> <br />4. How many crew points? <br /> <br />5. Yards? How many? Hump? <br /> <br />6. How many local customers? Where? <br /> <br />LC
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