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Added benefits of modifications

By Sammi DiVito | October 23, 2021

| Last updated on December 2, 2022

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David Short from Minneapolis wants to know about the added benefits of modifications on UP980350MW. Cody Grivno and Steve Sweeney are ready to offer their two cents.

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Michael Hauri says:

November 16, 2021 at 8:52 am

UP has several of these rebuilt locos running weed spraying trains, tie carrying trains, and other specialty use. The real food fight between crafts right now is the loco operating crews. The train crews say it falls with them to operate the locomotive portion of the train. The work crews say they can operate it.

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