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Eastern Railroad Discussion > CSX Locos sold to CP for partsDate: 05/17/19 18:58 CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: SOO6617 CSX has sold 4 AC4400CWs to CP to be stripped for parts and then scrapped. CSX 326,445,469 and 518 hhave been seen being parted out in CP facilities.
Date: 05/17/19 19:53 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: GPutz Those locomotives are 18 to 21 years old. CSXT #1 will be 25 years old next month. NS is rebuilding its C44-9s and C44-9Ws. CSXT will have to do that soon or replace them. Gerry
Date: 05/18/19 06:15 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: engineerinvirginia Locomotives that were shiny and new when I hired on are being scrapped.....man do I feel old!
Date: 05/18/19 07:36 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: ctillnc Don't feel bad. I was hanging around my Dad's freight yard when GP30s were delivered new.
Date: 05/18/19 16:40 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: hartrick24 GPutz Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Those locomotives are 18 to 21 years old. CSXT > #1 will be 25 years old next month. NS is > rebuilding its C44-9s and C44-9Ws. CSXT will > have to do that soon or replace them. Gerry If #1 is 25 years old, why would CSX sell locos that are many years newer ? Why not sell 1, 2, 3 and 4 aren't they the oldest? Steve H... Date: 05/18/19 23:19 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: Foamductor hartrick24 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > If #1 is 25 years old, why would CSX sell locos > that are many years newer ? Why not sell 1, 2, 3 > and 4 aren't they the oldest? > > Steve H... Word on the street is that these specific units had major issues or were already stripped of major parts. Pictures of 518 on another site show that it was shipped without a prime mover installed. Date: 05/19/19 09:27 Re: CSX Locos sold to CP for parts Author: engineerinvirginia It's also fair to say that any given locomotive will only be sent to the bench when it's latest failure costs happens to be when the the unit has gone beyond economical repair. What goes into that decision varies, but one considers the last time it was overhauled...where the present failure may be cheap in and of itself but it's likely that another failure will follow if the unit is high miles since the last overhaul. So where a certain series of locomotives is virtually falling apart en masse...some within that series may soldier on reliably for a few more years....and if they can....they will...or be stored usable....and potentially sellable as a running unit perhaps.
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