Re: NG Equipment Available in Guatemala
| October 15, 2007 05:51PM |
Look fellows.
The first goal would be to determine if the Guatemalan authorities would sell, like they did about 20 years ago. The only competition would be a scrap dealer(s). There was no one willing 20 years ago to go in and buy the two 2-6-6-2s were lost. I'm don't want to see that happen again. The economy in Gautemala is linked to the dollar and the dollar's value is just fine in that country. The price for metal objects (i.e. Locomotives) is simply (scrapt metal price per ton X items weight in tons) x 1.1 = the price of the item (AT 10% ABOVE SCRAP METAL PRICE). WHAT IS THE WEIGHT OF THE ATTACHED LOCOMOTIVE IN TONS AND WHAT IS THE PRICE OF SCRAP METAL IN TONS? Once purchased, with the assistance of the commercial section of the U.S.Embassy in Guatemala, hire a shipping company to bring them north. Love to hear from those who have actually engaged in international trade using LCs and the assistance of a U.S. commercial attache.
The first goal would be to determine if the Guatemalan authorities would sell, like they did about 20 years ago. The only competition would be a scrap dealer(s). There was no one willing 20 years ago to go in and buy the two 2-6-6-2s were lost. I'm don't want to see that happen again. The economy in Gautemala is linked to the dollar and the dollar's value is just fine in that country. The price for metal objects (i.e. Locomotives) is simply (scrapt metal price per ton X items weight in tons) x 1.1 = the price of the item (AT 10% ABOVE SCRAP METAL PRICE). WHAT IS THE WEIGHT OF THE ATTACHED LOCOMOTIVE IN TONS AND WHAT IS THE PRICE OF SCRAP METAL IN TONS? Once purchased, with the assistance of the commercial section of the U.S.Embassy in Guatemala, hire a shipping company to bring them north. Love to hear from those who have actually engaged in international trade using LCs and the assistance of a U.S. commercial attache.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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