Re: C&TS - RGS Special Day 2 consist 1
| September 09, 2017 06:46PM |
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John K Wrote:
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> Thanks for the photos. A question... did 315
> break a sweat during all this? Just looking at
> her exhaust during all this, she looks to be just
> loafing along....
Obviously taxed to the max, as we used to say struggling up the Opapa grade with a full load.
Let me see, Full Load D&RGW ETT Antonito to Cumbres 600 tons K-27, 350 tons C-18.
I'd walk across the Pacific to see a 950 ton train on the C&TS.
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> Thanks for the photos. A question... did 315
> break a sweat during all this? Just looking at
> her exhaust during all this, she looks to be just
> loafing along....
Obviously taxed to the max, as we used to say struggling up the Opapa grade with a full load.
Let me see, Full Load D&RGW ETT Antonito to Cumbres 600 tons K-27, 350 tons C-18.
I'd walk across the Pacific to see a 950 ton train on the C&TS.
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Dick Bell | September 09, 2017 03:58PM |
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Dick Bell | September 09, 2017 04:03PM |
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John K | September 09, 2017 05:41PM |
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Chris Walker | September 09, 2017 06:46PM |
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jim pallow | September 09, 2017 04:10PM |
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Popeye8762 | September 09, 2017 04:30PM |
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