Re: Beyond Repair?

Ron Keagle Wrote:
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> usmc1401 Wrote:
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> > Yes the steam locomotives are 100 years old
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> > or take and at some time they will be beyond
> > repair.
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> What is it that defines when a steam locomotive is
> beyond repair?

For some people it is beyond repair if repair means replacing some arbitrary percentage of the historic fabric. Others will tell you all you need is lots of $$$ and any steam engine can be repaired.

In the case of the D&S, I'd expect the phrase should be "beyond *economic* repair". IE: It would cost more to rebuild it than it could ever make back in profit. But that's just me.

Hank