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HEP for BN units in the 50's and 60's?
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<P>[quote user="Green Bay Paddlers"]Wow - thanks everyone for the incredible info. You guys know your stuff. I had bits and pieces of this all in my mind - but I wasn't positive on some of the facts. <BR><BR>My next wondering is if push-pull cab/cars will eventually be replaced by old F40PH's hollowed out - like they're using on short AMTRAK runs?<BR><BR><BR>[/quote]</P> <P>It seems like almost all the scoots I've been seeing lately have the new(er) cab cars, but that's hardly a scientific sample. These have big windows, stronger crash posts, and oxide red sheet metal plows.</P> <P>There was an interview with the outgoing chairman of Metra on PBS recently, where he said ridership on the BN line is growing so fast it's becoming a problem. He didn't elaborate but went on to say they were planning some changes in bus feeder routes and schedules on the UP west line to try and get more people who live in-between to use the UP line. I've been seeing a lot more trains on the BN line with double headed F40s, even non-rush hour trains. The honorary names on some of these show they came from other lines, but that could just be random reasignment after maintenance. In any case, they're being put to use. An article in Trains not too long ago said the older 6 axle ex-Milwaukee line units had all been sold.</P>
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