Jest curious, and I haven’t been able to find it on my own. I wonder what one of those monsters cost to buy new?
I keep seeing $1,750,000.00 each back in 2007 … the AC models are slightly more than the DC version.
Yup, that’s because the power cord has to be of a higher grade wire.
Just think, it’s cheaper than a Bugatti Veyron, as well as a whole lot more useful… 
tac, ig & The Cascade Tunnel Boys
They tell us $2m, but who knows about the railroad and what they say!
$362.89 from RLD.
Gee, isn’t inflation wonderful, I could sell Dave my like new one, only every ran it once, for a $100 less
than Robbie’s price and still make $40 on the deal, but he is from NM, so he probably wouldn’t want a CSX
one anyway… hehe
Paul R…
Sorry Paul and John, My pile is strictly Steam. I asked the price, cause I saw 6 big engines pulling hard on a BNSF string and thought of the cost to put together that train, 6 Engines + 5,000 gal fuel each = 30,000 gal of fuel! The crew cost seemed to me to be almost insignificant. Really big bucks all total.
I think Warren can afford a few of those.
Crew costs are minor investments compared to everything else, but they still cut claims (well at least the BNSF does) and treat the crews like crap! That’s all I’ll say on that subject.
When I hired out we got told it cost $80,000 just to train one conductor/switchman. And to train a locomotive engineer it was something like $120,000-$150,000. Point being that crew costs are important, but not quite the highest expense. Railroads buy fuel months in advance so they don’t pay the true market price as it moves up and down. On the other hand when we spotted/pulled a single car to an industry it was $500 per car. That’s just the cost to get the car spotted/pulled.