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[quote user="WCfan"]Why are the WC SD45s hated by CN. Almost all of them are scrapped. Is it because of the 20 cylinders, the turbo-charging, or is it because it doesn't fit in with CN standards? I heard that most railroads didn't want the SD45s, because they where running into problums. Is this true? Why are the SD45s so hated by other railroads?(Or am I wrong, and the Railroads loved them)[/quote]As has been said its all to do with economics. its not just in the US that CN has done this, as you may or may not know in the 1990s WC tookover a very large portion of British Rails freight sectors and rebranded them English Welsh & Scottish Railways.Ed Burkhart was a breath of fresh air in the UK and almost instantly replaced some of the less economical British Motive power built in the 1950s/60s.But when CN tookover WC that changed again they replaced or took out of service the newer British locos built in the 70s 80s.  At the end of the day it was economics why run unreliable fuel thursty engines when you can have new computerised efficent EMD/GMs?  yeah it was seen as an unpopular move by enthusiasts.  But unlike WC, CN didnt care much for rail enthusiasts. And as regards the UK and EWS didnt care much for running trains and lost many contracts to Air, Road, and other Rail operators.
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