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jim pallow

January 24, 2015 08:46PM

Registered: 14 years ago
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When I rode the helps up Tennessee Pass the helpers were put in the train X tons back from the head end. As the train moved the helper engineer varied the throttle to keep the amps in a certain range. JP

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How to push a train?	Clyde Putman	January 23, 2015 09:43PM
Re: How to push a train?	Chris Walker	January 23, 2015 10:15PM
Re: How to push a train?	Dan Robirds	January 23, 2015 10:47PM
Re: How to push a train?	Dan Robirds	January 24, 2015 10:43AM
Re: How to push a train?	dougvv	January 25, 2015 05:02PM
Re: How to push a train?	jim pallow	January 24, 2015 08:46PM
Re: How to push a train?	J.B.Bane	January 24, 2015 10:09PM
Re: How to push a train?	philip.marshall	January 24, 2015 11:40PM
Re: How to push a train?	Earl	January 25, 2015 08:43AM
Re: How to push a train?	m.j.peltier	January 25, 2015 05:27PM
Re: How to push a train?	Greg Scholl	January 25, 2015 08:00PM

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