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@kanawha posted:
That's an interesting statement. Who owns the tooling for all these plastic bodied diesels Scott has been turning out? I would assume the factory does, but does that mean that another importer could use the tooling?
Ken

Scott changed factories around 2016. I'm not privy to the specifics. Some of the tooling went to the new factory and some did not. The factory retains the majority interest in the tooling typically. I don't believe the prior factory is still in operation, but that is speculation purely on my part.

However, with the new slide tool technology doing an FP7 and FP9 using the same tool isn't as challenging as it was back in 2013 when the FP7s were in design.

FP9s for the Canadian Roads as well as NdeM would be interesting. I'd certainly be interested in some NdeM units and maybe some VIA Rail ones.

I'd also enjoy seeing the former SP FP7s in Amtrak Phase I.

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