A 6' tall man is needed to show the scale of this photograph. Are these old prime movers beyond being able to to re-use again?
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| Posted by on August 7, 2017 | |
These are useless old GE FDL-16 engines out of most likely ex-CSX Dash 7's. They have no practical use.
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For parts? For scrap? For rebuilding?
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| Posted by K100DS on August 9, 2017 | |
Judging by the fat exhaust silencers these look more like Dash 8 engines to me. And since the stacks are capped, I would guess that NRE has some plan for them (or a plan for their parts/components), otherwise they would've been scrapped by now.
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| Posted by on August 9, 2017 | |
They have not scrapped any Dash 8's yet. So it's highly unlikely they are out of a dash 8. They have however, scrapped dozens of ex-CSX dash 7's. I also don't see any evidence that the stacks are capped.
Used GE prime movers have little to no resale value on the used market.
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| Posted by K100DS on August 11, 2017 | |
Zoom in on the photo, Troy. The stacks are capped. I'll concede that these could in fact be from late production B36-7s or C36-7s when GE was just starting to use the bigger exhaust silencers. I think you'll find there is still demand for these in non-US countries. NRE does a lot of business outside the US.
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