. I had heard the railroad has had so many engines on sidings especially around Tucson Az. dating back into 2016, Are they still there? or have they been moved and stored elsewhere?
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You can do a web search on this topic and find a number of articles and videos of these engines stored in the desert off Interstate 10 southeast of Tucson near Mescal and Benson. Here’s one article.
they are still there
It is the operating department that determines which locos and cars they need. It is the mechanical department that determines which are maintainable and suitable for additional service, but it is the accountants who decide when they will actually be written off the books and scrapped.
