Why may it never lead again? This is a good learning opportunity.
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Yeah, why never? I don't see any reason to the 9391 never lead a train again..... in fact a prefer much more the first generations of BNSF ACe's with the headlights between the numberboards than the other woth the headlight in the middle of the nose! Wonderful photo by the way!
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From what I've read (and had confirmed in the latest issue of TRAINS magazine) is that BNSF put out General Notice 938 on 2 Dec 10 which states that BNSF 9330-9399 are not suitable for lead or (crew) deadhead service. The reason for the "trail-only" status for these first-generation, non-isolated cab ACes is crew complaints of excessive noise and vibration. Note that ACes with isolated cabs are not included in the "trail-only" restriction. Aside from road number, here's how to identify ACes with isolated cabs and those without: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/front_range_railfanning/message/2281
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Yes, that first batch of non-isolated cab ACe's are not suitable for lead or deadhead service. However, the non-isolated cab 70MAC's, 75M's, and 60M's are perfectly fine....
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For yesterday’s arrival at Vulcan it lead to enter into the Frisco rock facility. However it should trail going back north as a rear end DPU. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/644457/
However this was an interesting read. Did not know about the whole issue with non-isolated cabs and what not.
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