Re: NNG - #8444, 55-1/2 years ago today . . .
| April 11, 2017 07:11PM |
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Ross Miller Wrote:
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> . . . I have been told for many years now
> that the typical operating speed from Den-
> ver to Cheyenne is about 65MPH or so. I
> think too many people were getting tickets
> trying to keep up when the speed was higher.
> No joke.
I distinctly remember riding a fan trip behind #8444 on 11/11/61, somewhere out on the flats west of Laramie.
We were ticking off mileposts every forty seconds – 90 MPH, exactly – for mile after mile after mile . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2017 11:18AM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . I have been told for many years now
> that the typical operating speed from Den-
> ver to Cheyenne is about 65MPH or so. I
> think too many people were getting tickets
> trying to keep up when the speed was higher.
> No joke.
I distinctly remember riding a fan trip behind #8444 on 11/11/61, somewhere out on the flats west of Laramie.
We were ticking off mileposts every forty seconds – 90 MPH, exactly – for mile after mile after mile . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2017 11:18AM by Russo Loco.
| Subject | Author | Posted |
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Ross Miller | April 11, 2017 11:45AM |
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MD Ramsey | April 11, 2017 12:37PM |
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RDannemann | April 11, 2017 02:44PM |
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C&TS488fan | April 11, 2017 02:27PM |
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Ross Miller | April 11, 2017 06:26PM |
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Russo Loco | April 11, 2017 07:11PM |
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Greg Scholl | April 12, 2017 07:53AM |
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rdmstr | April 12, 2017 11:14AM |
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