Dan Zukowski
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Locomotives are a capital expense designed to last for 20 years. What he’s saying, in effect, is that within the projected lifetime of those engines, there will be a diminishing need for them. CSX doesn’t want to buy 20 year equipment that will be surplus in 10 years.

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