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| Author: | wsflco [ Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sierra Railroad Baldwin Diesels going away. |
All three are on the block. The best one is the 42: http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/operationalbaldwinswitcher42.htm In a perfect world at least one of them would end up at Railtown SHP. Lots of memories seeing these pulling through Sonora in younger days... Chris Allan :( |
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| Author: | NH0401 [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sierra Railroad Baldwin Diesels going away. |
Eighty large ??? Not exactly a sellers market for Baldwin diesels these days :-) Dave |
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| Author: | Christian S. [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sierra Railroad Baldwin Diesels going away. |
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| Author: | Stephen S. Syfrett [ Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sierra Railroad Baldwin Diesels going away. |
And what about $22k each for the other two parts donors...is that really scrap value? |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Sierra Railroad Baldwin Diesels going away. |
Quote: And what about $22k each for the other two parts donors...is that really scrap value?
Let's see, I'm hearing $150-200 a steel ton at the scrap yard near the GG1 in Baltimore, depending on the quality of what you're dragging in, so............ figure that a S12 is perhaps 120-130 tons, and we're not factoring in those copper-laden traction motors which presumably will go with the locos....... And by the way, as an aside, now 4876 is missing a door. It wasn't me, I swear. |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Another thought: Sierra Baldwins |
Idea: Does CSRM Sacramento have a Santa Fe Baldwin languishing in the dead line? Get one of the Sierra Baldwins, and then deaccession the ATSF one to a home elsewhere on ATSF. Just brainstorming............. |
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| Author: | NH0401 [ Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another thought: Sierra Baldwins |
I believe the $200/ton is the price for HMS, or heavy melt scrap. HMS is a spec that implies material of a certain size and composition ready to go into the hold of a cargo ship. The margin between that price and what the scrap dealer pays for the complete item is where they make their profit-after expenses of rendering the item in question. Aside from that, WEMCO 370 traction motors are still in demand for use on oil drilling rigs. Dave |
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