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Re: PHOTOS: Reading Switcher Returns Part 1 |
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Posted by Bill West on Mon Mar 16 16:28:34 2020, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Reading Switcher Returns Part 1, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Mar 16 07:04:04 2020. But it's not parts changeability, it's not the EPA's general policies, it's not similar to ATF's general policies, it's the specific instance of money contributed to STE's new locomotive in exchange for ending any operation of their old one. That's come from the specific deal in the EPA/GM settlement cited on the sticker, the one that Kevin's link connects to. My bus and truck links are the EPA's handling of that exact case, it provided for remediation in the school bus, dray truck and local locomotive fields. The busses and trucks didn't get a sticker, they got a scrapping certificate. In the Reading case cooperation allowed the frame to be kept but apparently only so long as the block was marked. Kevin implies the legal issues when he mentions that they can swap the trucks but they can't sell them.I'm just trying to prevent other hobbyists from thinking locomotives obtained as an offshoot of this special program can be subsequently restored to operation. This one is always going to stand out as an exception, the kind where 20 years down the road someone unknowingly fixes the engine up and then finds their club in hot water, likely leading to the scrapping of their nicely preserved locomotive. We mustn't let our technical knowledge forget our legal knowledge. In sum this one is a case of the club having to say the EPA indirectly helped them to get the loco but it was on the specific condition that it never be operated. I looked into the why of the Metrolink F40 case, that's where the bus/truck links made this all clear Bill |
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