J.B.Bane Wrote:
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> Oh Skip, you just need to run the 720 around the
> yard for a little while and see how smooth and
> easy it is. None of that yanking throttles and
> Johnson bars, no steam obscuring your view, no
> whine from a dynamo to wreck your hearing, just
> the pleasant rumble of a big V8 Caterpillar.
Yes, I have run all three diesels we had at Georgetown (The older, real one) and they are easy .... still not a fan. I know you were telling me all that "tongue-in-cheek!"
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner