Re: Care of the locomotives D&S and the C&T
| August 16, 2007 09:27PM |
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Steve Stockham Wrote:
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> It's an apples and oranges kind of question. Both
> operations take extremely good care of their
> engines! One is a private operation with extremely
> good financing and the other receives funding from
> the respective states but both have very competent
> people working for them and both have a plan for
> continuation and preservation of their equipment.
> To say one takes better care of their locomotives
> is unfair to both. If there IS a difference in
> their care then it is a difference that makes no
> difference which IS no difference!
Ok. I have just heard several comments on different threads saying dah to dah runs there locomotives into the ground.
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> It's an apples and oranges kind of question. Both
> operations take extremely good care of their
> engines! One is a private operation with extremely
> good financing and the other receives funding from
> the respective states but both have very competent
> people working for them and both have a plan for
> continuation and preservation of their equipment.
> To say one takes better care of their locomotives
> is unfair to both. If there IS a difference in
> their care then it is a difference that makes no
> difference which IS no difference!
Ok. I have just heard several comments on different threads saying dah to dah runs there locomotives into the ground.
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michael | August 16, 2007 08:49PM |
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Steve Stockham | August 16, 2007 09:00PM |
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michael | August 16, 2007 09:27PM |
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stuart olson | August 17, 2007 01:52AM |
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Txhighballer | August 17, 2007 10:57AM |
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Mark Valerius | August 17, 2007 11:09AM |
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Fred T | August 17, 2007 04:24PM |
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tomc | August 18, 2007 07:31AM |
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