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Not all the locomotives in a consist have to be operating. Sometimes when engines can't be fixed at a small terminal they are placed in a consist for a train that is going in the direction of a major shop. At NS we called them DEAD IN CONSIST or DIC. No it is not the four letter word. And sometimes if you have more horsepower than you need you can isolated the units were the prime mover idles but supplies no horsepower. As for NS locomotives on other railroads if NS uses a BNSF engine they might be billed for using it under power. To repay that NS might send a unit for BNSF to use. It is a little more complacated then this. During the merger with Conrail NS borrowed a lot of engines from others and they had to pay them back. Anyway I will take a BNSF C-44-9W over a NS one any day.
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