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Stephen G

August 31, 2021 07:31PM

Registered: 13 years ago
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The draft gear and trucks rode very smooth compared to the freight car based stock, 470 has a high center of gravity and likes to rock more than the coaches, The RPO is very heavy and rides like a rock albeit a smooth rock. When starting out on a grade you can really feel the spring action in the draft gear as the engines lunge, Feels like you are riding a slinky as compared to the hard thud of the freight cars.

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168 / 425 night sleeper train report	ozinoz	August 30, 2021 10:39PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	gregcoit	August 31, 2021 08:35AM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Stephen G	August 31, 2021 11:38AM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	redrob	August 31, 2021 06:29PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	drgw0579	August 31, 2021 07:18PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	redrob	August 31, 2021 09:34PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Stephen G	August 31, 2021 07:31PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Jim	August 31, 2021 12:34PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Mr. Erin Swain	August 31, 2021 04:06PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Connor	August 31, 2021 07:33PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Herb Kelsey	August 31, 2021 07:57PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Scott Gibbs	August 31, 2021 08:02PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	ozinoz	August 31, 2021 06:53PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Dave Boyer	September 01, 2021 11:56AM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	Rob483	September 01, 2021 02:18PM
Re: 168 / 425 night sleeper train report	ozinoz	September 01, 2021 03:45PM

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