How to railtroads determine wich of their units go into the “pool” to be used by other RR’s? Are any units from the RR’s roster eligable? Just today i saw a new UP GEVO leading a UP SD70M on a CN autoracks train. I would have thoughy UP or any other railway wouldn’t want it’s newest units in the pool, they would rather uese them themselves.
And I thought I finally found someone that spells worse than I do lol
The biggest determinants of what power goes on a train…what power is working at the facility…how much tonage does the train have and can I protect an On Time departure for a scheduled manifest train with it.
Secondary considerations conist of such things as how much fuel does the power have, is the power due for a 92 day inspection soon.
There are several trains that are forwarded to more than one railroad as a solid set of cars and engines. If the train is high-priority, then the “good” engines will be used on it, and it doesn’t matter if the railroad’s newest engines are in the pool for that train.