Comment on Ask HN: What would you do with a 130 ton locomotive?parentComments−bluGill1yBuy it, take out the glow plugs and sell it out of state. new buyer just needs to sorce glow plugs which are consumable and cheap.i don't know if this engine has glow plugs but there is likely a similear cheap part that if removed disables the engine.−anticensor1yUniflow diesels such as EMD engines don't have glow plugs, they instead have pre-pump fuel heaters.
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Buy it, take out the glow plugs and sell it out of state. new buyer just needs to sorce glow plugs which are consumable and cheap.
i don't know if this engine has glow plugs but there is likely a similear cheap part that if removed disables the engine.
Uniflow diesels such as EMD engines don't have glow plugs, they instead have pre-pump fuel heaters.