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hank

September 19, 2017 08:41AM

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pd3463 Wrote:
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> Did RGS do this too or did they just leave the
> train intact to its destination?
>
From the number of pictures I've seen of helpers drifting down ahead of the train, it was the usual practice on the RGS to switch out the helper and send it on ahead.
Of course, given the RGS's roller-coaster profile, it wouldn't have been that long before they were cutting it back in!
hank

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RGS operations question	John K	September 16, 2017 01:46PM
Re: RGS operations question	trainrider47	September 16, 2017 02:29PM
Re: RGS operations question	rdamurphy	September 16, 2017 06:32PM
Re: RGS operations question	trainrider47	September 16, 2017 07:49PM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 11:54AM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	trainrider47	September 18, 2017 12:31PM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 01:20PM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	trainrider47	September 18, 2017 01:31PM
Re: RGS operations confusion . . .	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 01:42PM
Re: RGS operations confusion . . .	Tomstp	September 18, 2017 01:48PM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	Wayne Hoskin	September 18, 2017 06:32PM
Re: RGS operations suggestion . . .	Tomstp	September 18, 2017 06:51PM
Re: RGS operations question	hank	September 17, 2017 09:33AM
Re: RGS operations question	Tomstp	September 18, 2017 12:54PM
Re: RGS mid-train helper question	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 01:31PM
Re: RGS operations question	trainrider47	September 18, 2017 01:32PM
Re: RGS operations question	Greg Scholl	September 18, 2017 03:05PM
Re: NS/N&W operations question	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 04:29PM
Y3s on Raton Pass	pd3463	September 18, 2017 05:30PM
Re: BIG helpers on the S.P.	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 06:10PM
Re: BIG helpers on the S.P.	pd3463	September 18, 2017 06:28PM
Re: 10-coupled engines, etc., on the S.P. & U.P.	Russo Loco	September 18, 2017 07:06PM
Re: 10-coupled engines, etc., on the S.P. & U.P.	Brian Norden	September 24, 2017 10:54PM
Re: 10-coupled engines, etc., on the S.P. & U.P.	Russo Loco	September 25, 2017 11:21AM
Re: 10-coupled engines, etc., on the S.P. & U.P.	Earl	September 25, 2017 02:20PM
RGS 2-10-2s (was: Re: 10-coupled engines, etc., on the S.P. & U.P.)	hank	September 26, 2017 09:08AM
Re: Y3s on Raton Pass	Tomstp	September 18, 2017 06:53PM
Re: Y3s on Raton Pass	pd3463	September 18, 2017 08:33PM
RGS helpers	hank	September 19, 2017 08:41AM
Re: RGS helpers	tomc	September 19, 2017 10:14AM
Re: RGS helpers	jim pallow	September 19, 2017 06:28PM
Re: NS/N&W operations question	Greg Scholl	September 18, 2017 06:36PM
Re: RGS operations question	Herb Kelsey	September 22, 2017 02:01AM
Re: RGS operations question	John K	September 22, 2017 05:28AM
Re: RGS operations question	Herb Kelsey	September 24, 2017 03:09PM

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