Hey Engineeers...?

1 ⤊

I am a young conductor and I was wondering what Power by the Mile means on some locomotives, especially the old SP and Cotton Belt units.

2007-07-10 10:22:51 · 2 answers · asked by apl_saus 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail

2 answers

Power by the Mile referenced a renewed commitment to maintenance. For a time, the failure rate of locomotives was running 38%. If you had a four bagger, one of 'em would die before you could get the train out of town.

2007-07-10 13:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋

Hog, that was SP! All the other roads had failure rates of around 0.015% :)

2007-07-10 15:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋