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Diesels on the way out..............in California

 

Gents.......All S scale "modern modelers" now have a new opportunity to be more realistic.? Looks like any diesel manufactured prior to 2006 will be banished from the rails in just five years.? Time now to start planning for the transition.? I suppose this ban would include all Overland diesels, most American Models diesels and a fair share of SHS diesels.? I don't think steam contributes to global warming and so, perhaps, Hudsons, Mohawks and Niagaras will make a return.? Fingers crossed.........Ed L.
From today's newspaper:
California¡¯s climate planners aren¡¯t trying merely to extend their electric-vehicle mandate nationwide. Now they¡¯re moving to banish diesel locomotives across all 50 states.?

The U.S. House last week held a hearing on the California Air Resources Board¡¯s (CARB) plan that would ban locomotives that are 23 years or older from running in the state after 2029, pending approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. Passenger trains would also have to operate in a ¡°zero emission¡± configuration by 2030 and long-distance freight trains by 2035.


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Ed Loizeaux
Los Altos, CA
 

Well I'm glad I model 1980. Nobody cared about the environment back then?


On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 9:32 AM Ed Loizeaux via <Loizeaux=[email protected]> wrote:
Gents.......All S scale "modern modelers" now have a new opportunity to be more realistic.? Looks like any diesel manufactured prior to 2006 will be banished from the rails in just five years.? Time now to start planning for the transition.? I suppose this ban would include all Overland diesels, most American Models diesels and a fair share of SHS diesels.? I don't think steam contributes to global warming and so, perhaps, Hudsons, Mohawks and Niagaras will make a return.? Fingers crossed.........Ed L.
From today's newspaper:
California¡¯s climate planners aren¡¯t trying merely to extend their electric-vehicle mandate nationwide. Now they¡¯re moving to banish diesel locomotives across all 50 states.?

The U.S. House last week held a hearing on the California Air Resources Board¡¯s (CARB) plan that would ban locomotives that are 23 years or older from running in the state after 2029, pending approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. Passenger trains would also have to operate in a ¡°zero emission¡± configuration by 2030 and long-distance freight trains by 2035.


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Ed Loizeaux
Los Altos, CA
 

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Too bad it¡¯s a little, it¡¯s a little too late.

Tom Stoltz

in Maine
 

Good thing our house is on our electric utility¡¯s zero-carbon electricity plan. ?I can run my dirty ¡®diesel¡¯ electric locomotives to my heart¡¯s content.

Man! ?Those early SW, GP units are the worst! ?And don¡¯t get me talking about the Alcos and Baldwins.
Ben Trousdale
 

We can look forward to "California layouts." ?Rather than plugged into an unreliable electrical grid subject to rotating blackouts, power up with an exercise bike attached to a 12 volt DC generator. ?For smaller layouts, convert them to tilt-tables, balanced on an old bowling ball. ?You can put those free rolling S scale locomotives with a split gear to use and also model functional wheel chocks to hold cars at customer sidings. ??

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