Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel

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Will Gant

May 16, 2020 05:52PM

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Don't underestimate the power of 1203. She used to haul 9 car trains on the loop without issue. Ruling 3.5 to 4% grade. I doubt train length is the reason they were using 493. Might have just wanted to break her in more. Do further debugging perhaps.

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Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Olaf Rasmussen	May 16, 2020 03:59PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Will Gant	May 16, 2020 05:52PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	michael	May 16, 2020 08:43PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Joe Weigman	May 16, 2020 08:55PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	cdaspit	May 16, 2020 09:28PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Will Gant	May 16, 2020 10:20PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Erock482	May 17, 2020 06:48PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Jerry Huck	May 21, 2020 09:48AM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Chris Webster	May 21, 2020 02:50PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Jerry474	May 21, 2020 04:37PM
Re: Air Pollution by D&S - Steam versus Diesel . . .	Russo Loco	May 24, 2020 03:49PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	jim pallow	May 21, 2020 10:27AM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Greg Scholl	May 21, 2020 07:25PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Jerry474	May 21, 2020 10:43PM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	Olaf Rasmussen	May 22, 2020 08:27AM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	heatermason	May 22, 2020 09:45AM
Re: Log Hauling on D&S - Steam versus Diesel	GeorgeGaskill	May 22, 2020 06:46PM

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