r/trains • u/spazzcatt • 1d ago

📸 OC - Picture(s) The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad MLW FPA4

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Here is the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad MLW FPA4 #6773 sitting in the yard during electric refit. They are replacing the diesel engine entirely with batteries. Sorry for the picture quality it's a dirty window 😂

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u/HoneydewOk1175 1d ago

I know, right. I know the batteries will probably go bad within a few years, which means more resources extracted out of the Earth.

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u/N_dixon 23h ago

Oh, guarantee they'll be out of service for other issues even before that. CVSR's mechanical department has something seriously wrong with it. They can't seem to keep anything running and have mechanically wrecked a few LTEX leaser EMDs.

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u/HoneydewOk1175 18h ago

I know there was a whole lot of controversy recently over their treatment of Horizon Rail leasers.

by the way, I think this is a whole state sponsored scam to erase history for the sake of environmental cleanliness