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Why some locomotives are sold for scrap and some are still around?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by oltmannd</i> <br /><br />Uh, it might be a bit more personal at times than you think. Conrail lost a bunch (100?) of GP38s they had planned to buy out at lease end to EMD who was trying to build a lease fleet at the time. Even though EMD out bid CR fair and square, this left CR in such a bad position that they "punshed" EMD by going all GE for a few years. The new loco orders in 90, 91 and 92 were all GE. Since it was pretty much a toss-up on price between C40s and SD60s, it didn't "cost " the RR much to do this. <br /> <br />It was not a coincidence! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Interesting. I always wondered why CR got rid of those GP38s so early... <br /> <br />LC
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