Re: NNG - TSR Polar Express

Earl Wrote:
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> No ice or snow in Palestine. You have to go west
> and north of Corsicana to find that. Just cold.
> As opposed to Alamosa, East TX has this thing
> called "humidity", that combined with a 20mph wind
> straight from the North Pole cuts through
> everything I can put on. When I moved here, I
> seriously considered giving away my winter gear.
> Glad I didn't.
>
> 300 is on the west end of the train, RS3-C ("C" as
> in Caterpillar powered) #7 is on the east end. #7
> pulls the train east and both work coming west.
> #300 has pulled the entire train back when #7
> croaked last year. It was quite a show, but I
> wouldn't want to do that all the time.
>
> #8 is our spare.


I'll bet it was a show with 300 doing all the work coming up that grade! During the first year of the Polar Express, it was 300 all on her own, turning her at Jarvis. On good night, they say they could hear us coming from Dean Wright on the station platform.