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Randall Hess

October 27, 2014 06:19PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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If they fire it up for 15 minutes on Monday and then for another 15 minutes the next Monday, that counts as two FRA days (assuming each time was long enough to create steam); that is one reason real skill is needed in managing CATS's locomotive fleet.

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1472 operating days?	Clyde Putman	October 27, 2014 02:32PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Rich Muth	October 27, 2014 02:39PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Rich Murray	October 27, 2014 02:47PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	MD Ramsey	October 27, 2014 03:03PM
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Re: 1472 operating days?	MD Ramsey	October 27, 2014 03:49PM
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Re: 1472 operating days?	Casey Akin	October 27, 2014 11:18PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	dougvv	October 28, 2014 01:05AM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Russo Loco	October 28, 2014 02:03PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Kelly Anderson	October 30, 2014 08:23AM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Randall Hess	October 30, 2014 03:34PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	MD Ramsey	October 30, 2014 04:39PM
House steam	trainrider47	October 28, 2014 07:33AM
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Re: House steam	rehunn	October 30, 2014 06:22PM
Re: House steam	trainrider47	October 30, 2014 08:14PM
Re: House steam	Jim Grigsby	October 31, 2014 01:19PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Rich Murray	October 28, 2014 06:16AM
Re: 1472 operating days?	Randall Hess	October 27, 2014 06:19PM
Re: 1472 operating days?	MD Ramsey	October 28, 2014 07:14AM
C&TS Has Been Averaging 9 Years Before Locos Reach 1472 Steam Days	Dick Cowles	October 28, 2014 10:49AM

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