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Re: July 5, 1925: a long day, for fireman Koopman

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SVCartoad

July 09, 2004 11:21AM

To further elaborate, Floyd once said that when they had section gangs and the track was in good shape they sometimes approached 50 mph. If so, that must have been before the mikes arrived. Most of the rail was 45# in those days and I believe the mikes or ten wheeler would go through it before they achieved that speed. I personally would not want to run any narrow gauge train that fast, but life was cheap in those days and some of those guys were pretty nervy.

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July 5, 1925: a long day, for fireman Koopman	J.B.Bane	July 06, 2004 10:46PM
Re: July 5, 1925: a long day, for fireman Koopman	South Park	July 07, 2004 08:06AM
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Re: July 5, 1925: a long day, for fireman Koopman	SVCartoad	July 09, 2004 11:21AM
Re: July 5, 1925: a long day, for fireman Koopman	EL SV Dispatcher	July 09, 2004 02:39PM

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