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Originally Posted by klordger1900
I've recently spent time inside a class 47's cabs and engine and electrical compartments in some of the coldest days we have seen this winter and I can testify to the absolutely dire conditions inside a dead loco, especially when the engine isnt operating and your tools are really cold to touch. I now know first hand why some of these locos were so hard to keep running and why obsolete stock is just scrapped and re-cycled. You cant keep things like that going for ever its sad to say - there arent enough hours in the day or pounds in the pocket unfortunately.
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A class 47 loco has paid for itself over and over again and is one of the best mainline locos still going but they are one of the coldest locos still going
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