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Old 07-22-2019, 06:20 PM   #7
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One day I asked the chief diesel mechanic in our locomotive diesel shop what is the life expectancy for one of the diesel engine, at first he did not understand the question, then he replied to me that there is no limit. This made me think, what are we calling life expectancy? Is it time to failure? Time to next major maintenance? I see some engine that are 50+ years old and still running so is there any real limit?

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