The DOT testing center in Pueblo Co. is selling a track geometry car on e-bay in the auto section.
Plasser American Track Geometry Car/FRARail Inspection
The kids don’t really need to go to college do they?
Robert
It would do better as a Winnebago than a test car anyhow. Never got ballasted heavy enough. AAR/TTC has better toys now.
Are the ash trays full?
The ad shows that the car has 30,000 actual miles on it a1982 model- Asking price is started at $250,000.00; original price $5 million; It has been only used on the 30 mile test track at Pueblo.
I guess the operators have retired, and they need a new one for a new crew?
Heck of a deal!
Did not UP sometime in the last year buy a new one for somewhere around about $5 Mill??
Here’s an interesting link about Geometry Cars from an earlier Forum: http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/5563.aspx?PageIndex=2
As the ad says - ‘‘Only 1 owner !’’
Wonder if it was a little old lady who only used it to go to church on Sundays . . . [:-^]
Might make a good starting point for somebody with the smarts but not the budget - like a regional or short line, or maybe a South American line - to custom-build their own version or for a specialized use . . . but I’d rather hire the state-of-the-art car and equipment from my connecting Class I and have them run over my tracks instead.
Betcha it becomes a ‘‘No Bids Received’’ item, unless Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, or the Google Guys want a new toy to spend money on . . .
- Paul North.