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drgwk37

November 30, 2017 06:45AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Tomstp Wrote:
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> I have misplaced the time table for the Valley
> line. At the end of its life what was the speed
> limit on it?

Per the D&RGW Rule books top speeds for the K-36/K-37's was 35 mph. My guess is with a train in tow they would probably do 30mph top speed. Only if we had time records of activity between Moffat and Villa Grove it could help us do the simple math to figure out the speed.

William
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Valley line speed limit	Tomstp	November 29, 2017 07:16PM
Re: Valley line speed limit	drgwk37	November 30, 2017 06:45AM
Re: Valley line speed limit	Tomstp	November 30, 2017 09:06AM
Re: Valley line speed limit	dougvv	December 04, 2017 11:14AM
Re: Valley line speed limit	hank	November 30, 2017 11:47AM
Re: Valley line speed limit	Tomstp	November 30, 2017 06:04PM
Re: Valley line speed limit	guymonmd	December 01, 2017 10:28AM
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Re: Valley line speed limit	guymonmd	December 04, 2017 12:26PM
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Re: Valley line speed limit	hank	December 07, 2017 09:48AM
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