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Currently their future is dead, the roads that have 'em (UP,CSX,CP) will undoubtedly continue using them for a while, as they are nearly brand new, but they found they really didn't work out like they hoped. They were hoping to do a 2 for 4 swap (4 3000hp units gotten rid of for 2 of these), but they found it limited flexibility for one thing, and the reliability of these units, especially when they were new, just wasn't up to snuff. You could loose a single 3000hp unit out of a 4 unit set and usually still make it, albeit slower, but you loose one 6000hp unit out of a 2 unit set, your in deep s....! I believe most, but not all of the reliability issues have been solved as we get 90macs on stack quite regular now. Very seldom get the ac60's though, except on grain trains. Also, the 90macs had some ride issues, which have since been resolved (they were very, very bouncey). I had never heard anything about these units being hard on the rail. They are only slightly heavier than a normal unit, and especially the 90macs with their radial trucks, I would be quite surprised to find they did any damage to the track. <br />One thing I do have to say about both the GE and EMD models, they have awesome dynamic brakes, especially as you get down to to 20-30mph. there's nothing else out there like 'em. Also, at least on a fairly light stack train, once they finally get up to putting out their rated horsepower, they accelerate very well, it just takes 'em too long to load up in undulating territory (more of a problem w/GE than EMD) <br />
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