Re: Hijacked Thread...
| June 27, 2016 02:53PM |
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trainrider47 Wrote:
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> But if it does, there are two 490's in line ahead
> of 483 for restoration. How long do we have to
> wait to say "I told you so" to the anti swap
> crowd? 10 years? 20 years?
Your argument could be the other way. I mean, yes, there is a slight chance that someone could put up the money for 478, but that's probably the only way it would ever be restored on the C&TSRR. The argument of 483 would return to service is a good one, but there's plenty of K-36 locomotives in operation, having three K-28 locomotives will be prettier.
Also, if something happens to one of the K-36's, it would probably still have a lot of usable parts that could be moved to 483. Theoretically.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2016 02:59PM by michael.
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> But if it does, there are two 490's in line ahead
> of 483 for restoration. How long do we have to
> wait to say "I told you so" to the anti swap
> crowd? 10 years? 20 years?
Your argument could be the other way. I mean, yes, there is a slight chance that someone could put up the money for 478, but that's probably the only way it would ever be restored on the C&TSRR. The argument of 483 would return to service is a good one, but there's plenty of K-36 locomotives in operation, having three K-28 locomotives will be prettier.
Also, if something happens to one of the K-36's, it would probably still have a lot of usable parts that could be moved to 483. Theoretically.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2016 02:59PM by michael.
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