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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tree68</i> <br /><br />All those grain elevator switchers would probably be a good match for a genset locomotive. Locally, a cogen plant uses an old SW to move cars (delivered by CSX) for unloading. The switcher is usually doing one of two things - shuttling cars between the yard and the unloading track, or moving cars up one at a time to be bottom dumped. I'm guessing the SW is around 900 HP (haven't taken the time to determine the model), and they certainly don't need all of that to push 10 cars 40 feet at a time... <br />[/quote] <br />A grain trans-load facility in Illinois that I used to be familiar with shifted long strings of grain hoppers using just a cat tractor and a chain.
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