Joseph Aiello, chairman of the board, voted for the overhaul but with reservations about spending so much money on equipment that is already so old. “Chasing old junk is not my cup of tea,” he said. “Not a way to run a business.”
The T has no plans to purchase new locomotives any time soon, so it has embarked on a crash course to speed up repairs or bring out-of-service locomotives on line.
Backshophoss wrote:Since MPI was the Leader on the HSP-46 with GE,you would think the T would stay away from them.
They are a good rebuild shop for these worn out units since most of their work is rebuilding EMD locos.
Wonder if some of the Seaview units were offered up as parts sources?
RenegadeMonster wrote:My thoughts are if we are against chasing after old junk why do we have no plans for purchasing any kind of new equipment any time soon?
MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:hhhmmmm GE rebuilding EMD products...what could go wrong
the 5 old girls calling Kingston Facility home currently are part of the group to go. I'll get the numbers this week
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