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Earl

May 20, 2015 03:35PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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"Drifting" - rolling downgrade without using power (or using very little power).

There is nothing quiet about a Heisler drifting downgrade. It sounds like a cement mixer full of rocks.

The only time the running gear is quiet is when it is under load and pulling - the harder the better. Despite what I was told, #6 is a very capable locomotive. The harder you run it, the better it runs. She's real happy at 10 mph, hooked up to 6 notches from center with the throttle wide open.

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NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 01:54PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:05PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:09PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:39PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:40PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:52PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 02:59PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	rehunn	May 20, 2015 03:09PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Earl	May 20, 2015 03:35PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	ozinoz	May 20, 2015 09:55PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Greg Scholl	May 21, 2015 10:46AM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	trainrider47	May 21, 2015 11:39AM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	ozinoz	May 26, 2015 04:18PM
Re: NNG - Cass Railfan Weekend	Greg Scholl	May 26, 2015 09:35PM

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