SD60s

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Sat Jul 6 20:43:50 EDT 2019


Well I'm insulted.

To the moderator, please remove me from the list.

Thanks.

Mike Weeks

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019, 5:16 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Those of us who remember the steam era, with its coal smoke and exultant,
> loud exhausts, wonder how the emissions of a bunch of SD60s threaten the
> health of all of us.  Those of us who ran passenger GP9s (Redbirds) with
> the exhaust from the steam generators blowing down into the cab also
> wonder.  We’re still here.
>
> Reminds me of the late Frank Collins running the 611 one day and listening
> to the young engineer complaining that the engine was hot, dirty and “you
> can’t see out of it”.  Frank enjoyed as much of that as he could stand and
> told the engineer “the railroad bujilt these engines back when they were
> hiring MEN to run their trains for them”.  That settled that.
>
> Ed King
>
> *From:* NW Mailing List
> *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2019 2:25 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: SD60s
>
> Or a very good reason from the EPA towards protecting the health of all of
> us.
>
> best regards,
> Mike Weeks
> Seattle
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 5:31 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah  Kind of a bummer.  SD60's  look good  Nice size.  Just a little bit
>> longer than a SD40-2  , seems like they could refurbish these, but its
>> probably  some whacko   regulation from the EPA  that has condemned them.
>> Horses rear !
>> Good catch,  Mike .
>>
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>> best regard
>> rob
>> Radford VA
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>> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 5:36 AM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
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>>> Sheez they look brand new!
>>> Somebody put them on Ebay.
>>>
>>> Mike Shockley
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