Remember when

[luvrbus]

Buffet owned EMD he sold to CAT  a few years ago,there is a rehab place in Boise Id that changes engines for Union Pacific and BNSF plus other lines you see a lot of the yellow painted EMD engines there now   

[chessie4905]

We are in Gillette, Wy. for FMCA convention. There are a few hundred BNSF dead locomotives along route 51. Over a mile of them. Some rows 2 deep. I don't  know if Berkshire Hathaway has GE stock anymore since the stock took a nosedive a couple of years ago.

[rusty]

I was told by a local that there are 550 units setting on the tracks east of town
Wayne

[luvrbus]

We are in Gillette, Wy. for FMCA convention. There are a few hundred BNSF dead locomotives along route 51. Over a mile of them. Some rows 2 deep. I don't  know if Berkshire Hathaway has GE stock anymore since the stock took a nosedive a couple of years ago.

Those are used for hauling coal out of Wyoming .I have seen those parked there before then they move out with a mile long of coal cars,you should take a trip out to mines the 3 large ones if you want to see some big iron they have it there  probably parked this time of the year though   

[rusty]

We took the  mine tour the last time we were in Gillette very impressive operation including loading the trains. I didn't see a tour offered this time or I would  have  taken it.
Wayne

[luvrbus]

We took the  mine tour the last time we were in Gillette very impressive operation including loading the trains. I didn't see a tour offered this time or I would  have  taken it.
Wayne

I  was there one time when they were assembling 5 new CAT 300 ton trucks,cost 25 million for 5 trucks,those guys have some very big tools

[chessie4905]

BNSF is really busy further south in Ariz and NM. trains passing about every 20 minutes, parallel to I-40.

[luvrbus]

BNSF is really busy further south in Ariz and NM. trains passing about every 20 minutes, parallel to I-40.

Yep and they are a PITA from Flagg to Needles trying to sleep in RV parks along I 40

[chessie4905]

yeah, we were in rv park alongside I-40 outside Memphis.Trucks all night long. Noisy roof ac drowned out most of noise.

[luvrbus]

yeah, we were in rv park alongside I-40 outside Memphis.Trucks all night long. Noisy roof ac drowned out most of noise.

Amtrak runs that line too ,some times we leave the car in Flagstaff and catch the train in Needles back to Flagstaff  a 4 hour trip  leaving at midnight but the wife enjoys the train ride me I sleep

[TomC]

EMD (Caterpillar) are still making the 710 series of 2 stroke Diesels in 8, 12, 16, 20 cylinder for trains (outside California and mostly outside US). Tier 4 has been achieved for marine and stationary use.
Fairbanks Morse is still making the opposed piston 2 stroke that is mostly used in generating and pumping, as also with dual fuel using natural gas mainly.
Achates is working with Cummins for their 2 stroke opposed piston engines. Military are using this engine and will be seen in over the road trucks soon. These engines are very clean mainly because of their smog controls attached to the engine.
Course the biggest engines in the world are still 2 stroke engines. The new versions have extra long strokes (135") and only run at 82rpm. Good Luck, TomC

[CrabbyMilton]

That's interesting since I thought that the opposed design for trucks and possibly buses was pretty much pushed back or cancelled altogether. Given the way things are moving toward BEV's, the 4 stroke diesel is fine the way it is so I can't imagine truck and bus builders engineering those in. Perhaps those work in locomotives and stationary applications but time and the market will tell.