Re: Balas de Plata

John West Wrote:
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> If the RGS had had track like the C&TS now has the
> name the Ferrocarril de El Salvador gave their
> home made motor cars would have been appropriate
> for the RGS geese, "Bala de Plata" or Silver
> Bullet. But since the FES had track more like the
> RGS actually had we renamed the FES motor cars
> "Galloping Bananas" in honor of the RGS. I wonder
> what the fastest a Galloping Goose or for that
> matter a Galloping Banana ever went.
>
> [attachment 36655 FESbananacongringos9502.jpg]
>
> JBWX
How fast will a Goose go? In 2001 we took Goose 2 to Durango. 2 had problems resolved from the 2000 visit to the D&S. (cooling system, driveshaft leather center bearing) Coming in from Hermosa, our D&S pilot said this is the best track on the RR, go ahead on open it up. We did. 2 ran great, faster we had ever gone before. Crewman in the back box screamed on the radio, "slow this %#@!* down we're bouncing all over the place." Later we were told by a CRRM volunteer that he had paced us from the hiway using his digital speedometer and clocked us at 32 mph. Seemed smooth enough from the cab though.
The AA Ford rear ends on the Geese all had 6:08+ gearing.

High Commander



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2023 11:25AM by HAICH OMANDIER.