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kcsivils

November 30, 2017 09:54AM

Registered: 10 years ago
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Why did the Grande run triple and double headers?

I seems like it would have been easier, and perhaps safer, to have broken the trains up and run them in sections. Since two or three crews were going to be called anyhow and the fuel costs would be the same, why not give the tired, aging wooden freight cars a break?

The only reason I can think of is braking power.

I can also see using a helper to get a train up the hill out of Chama then cutting off.

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Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	kcsivils	November 30, 2017 09:54AM
Re: Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	trainrider47	November 30, 2017 10:08AM
Re: Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	drgwk37	November 30, 2017 10:59AM
Re: Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	kcsivils	November 30, 2017 11:09AM
Re: Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	george pearce	November 30, 2017 12:31PM
Re: Triple headers versus double headers or breaking trains up	narrowgaugejoe10	December 01, 2017 06:15AM
Found previous question on this answered by Earl & John	narrowgaugejoe10	December 01, 2017 06:31AM
Re: Found previous question on this answered by Earl & John	Greg Scholl	December 01, 2017 07:16AM
Re: Helpers based in Chama vs sent there as needed.	Russo Loco	December 01, 2017 12:14PM
Re: Helpers based in Chama vs sent there as needed.	Greg Scholl	December 01, 2017 12:59PM
Re: Complications at Cumbres (3 turns => 1 train)	Russo Loco	December 01, 2017 05:39PM

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