Hey I was wondering how often do Loco’s go in for an over haul or just regular service beccause I have seen some pretty beat up and really dirty loco’s out on the road so that’s what got me thinking about this. Or even better how often are the loco’s washed. [bow][bow][(-D][(-D]
Heh,
Here in coal country(which I hate!!!)locomotives seem to NEVER be washed. I know they have to be, but my guess would be a month or so. On some locomotives, taggers don’t bother to waste spray paint, they just take a stick or something and write something in the filth and grime.
Now I have a date with a Cubs game. I will be burrowed away for a few hours, so please, nobody bother me[:D]. -Hehehe.
Every 3000 miles!!
You mean when thet break down or just plain stop running? Or was that when the Railroad just runs then into the ground[(-D]. Allan.
Locomotives are supposed to be serviced every 93 days, or three calendar months. They wouldn’t be washed then unless they needed it, and then only enough to read the number to record it for next time.
Peter
Don’t Amtrak locos get washed more often? Or at least aren’t they supposed to?
Note to uspscsx: I noticed your remark, “Here in coal country(which I hate!!!)”.
Hang in there, man. I spent nearly three years in Norton, VA, but there IS intelligent life on the outside!
allen
Haha, yes, indeed, I know what you mean. I do get to see a few freights and there’s an intermodal terminal a few miles from here, and there’s enough local service to do. But the non-stop coal trains can get boring…unless you happen to catch an old Chessie or Seaboard, or one of HELM Leasing’s dumps-of-a-coal-hopper(IE Ex- Frisco, MP, UP, DRGW, SP, etc.).
Every 3000 miles? Those Jiffy Lube garages in your neck of the woods must have some really big service bays!
You say just how much is that Oil change you say??? HAHA.
Allan.