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Here's your chance to take out all your commuter-rail frustrations
By adamg on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 9:06am
You could go loco (within limits) on this diesel.
The T is auctioning off two old locomotives for demolition. And with a current minimum bid of just $26, it's even pretty affordable - especially since the T's already drained all the diesel fuel and other messy fluids.
At 130,000 pounds each, that's a lot of sledgehammering opportunities. Of course, there are a few catches:
To start, you'll have to prove you have experience scrapping locomotives in place - and that includes showing you have liability insurance for the work. And when you've gotten all your aggression out, you'll have to clean up after yourself and cart away all 260,000 pounds of the remains - taking care to not damage any of the still functioning rolling stock at the maintenance yard where the dead locos are stored.
At the link above, click on the arrows on the photo for lots of photos of the exterior and interior of one of the diesels. One of the doomed engines in action in 2014.
Via state-bid reading Mike Deehan.
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Comments
PC Load Letter? WTF DOES THAT MEAN?!?
I have a fantasy that those old locos will be set upon by CR riders like the printer/fax machine was in Office Space.
Back up in your ass with the resurrection!
Missed opportunity
Can you imagine how much money the MBTA would rake in if they just opened this up to the public @ $1 a whack?
No doubt
Even if one or two clowns hurt themselves, the cash flow would be tremendous. $1/whack, $10 for a dozen.
Would have been even more profitable
if they had set one of these up in the middle of Causeway Street on Wednesday afternoon.
If you want some coaches to
If you want some coaches to run with them, 2 are for sale as well:
https://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/15874/item/mass-osd-mbta-r...
only catch is, you'll have to provide the wheels
Gotta be a half-dozen people in Billerica...
...who'll want one of these as a lawn ornament.
This is a clear case of
Whodunnit?
T should just use them as space savers
and the garbage guys will collect them when they come around .
Why can't we just convert
Why can't we just convert them to million dollar condos?
Spare Parts
Shouldn't Keolis save these locomotives for spare parts?
Many parts have been removed
The auction listing says that many of the useful parts have already been taken out:
Main engine, generator, air compressors and fans have been removed.
Locomotive trucks are NOT included in the sale and cannot be damaged during the
scrapping process.
Any ACSES or cab signal equipment will be removed prior to scrapping.
All horns, bells, number signs have been removed.
These locomotives are not going anywhere on their own.