Re: USA 250-256
| January 31, 2014 02:09PM |
J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> 19 slippery?
We had a friend of one of our
> regular engineers visiting who was a real nice guy
> as I recall but a career diesel engineer. He took
> a turn in the engineers seat for a few minutes.
> The first thing he did was yank back on the
> trottle as if by his own energy the engine would
> start to move. This was a light engine move and I
> was the brakie. I think the drivers did about 5
> or 6 revolutions without the engine moving hardly
> at all. Glad I wasn't the fireman. In all fairness
> to 19, the rails are always a little greasy in the
> area where the engines set while boarding
> passengers.
If my memory is correct, she has 19" bore cylinders and was
rated for at or about the same tonnage as the smaller versions with
17" cylinders. All that potential power going to waste.
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> 19 slippery?
We had a friend of one of our> regular engineers visiting who was a real nice guy
> as I recall but a career diesel engineer. He took
> a turn in the engineers seat for a few minutes.
> The first thing he did was yank back on the
> trottle as if by his own energy the engine would
> start to move. This was a light engine move and I
> was the brakie. I think the drivers did about 5
> or 6 revolutions without the engine moving hardly
> at all. Glad I wasn't the fireman. In all fairness
> to 19, the rails are always a little greasy in the
> area where the engines set while boarding
> passengers.
If my memory is correct, she has 19" bore cylinders and was
rated for at or about the same tonnage as the smaller versions with
17" cylinders. All that potential power going to waste.
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