Re: Forced retirement of the 483 - why?

Clyde Putman Wrote (approximately):
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> My understanding is that there ain't nothing wrong
> with 483 that can't be fixed.  However, the RR has
> had to make the very extremely hard decision that
> fixing 483 is so much more expensive than the other
> engines of the same class that it is, at present, cost
> prohibitive.  C&TS president John Bush is VERY
> much a railfan and knows what an icon that engine
> is, but he still has to run a railroad!
>
> If there are folk with very quite deep pockets who
> want to get 483 back under steam, my bet is that
> it could happen.
>
> Oh....great....I used the word "very" three one times
> (now 2) in the same post.
>
> Cheers from Dallas TX
> Clyde "verily" Putman


Very Rather happy to help, Clyde . . .    

- Sincerely, Willie  (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)  
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